| Park at the Gorman
Lake trailhead, 892877, described in Golden
Hikes. From there head in a south-east direction
towards a steep slope and continue on the same
bearing until out of the trees. Aim for the col, 902868, it is easily
reached. We contoured the south-west slopes over to the south ridge.
The ridge is interrupted with bluffs, to overcome the obstacle we opted
to traverse below the rockband over to the south-east face until we
could circumvent it. We then climbed up to gain the ridge
very near the top. The summit is a short walk away! |
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The Clamshell seen
from Golden.
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| Scramble: This was
an easy outing, with a trailhead almost at treeline and a fairly
straightforward scramble. Fab started out having to drive back home to
get his hiking boots while we, Shelley, Nevada, Susan, Apollo and
myself, started slowly towards the col. Fab caught up with us on the
snow. The weather was less than ideal. We got it all: rain,
wind, hail and socked-in sky. Our summit pictures look like people,
rock and dog plastered on a gray background! |
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The west side of The
Clamshell. |
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Just before the col. |
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From the col, we
traversed the south-west aspect to the south ridge (picture taken from
Holt Lakes). |
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Almost at the top,
The Molars in the background. |
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Summit picture. |
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Apollo posing. |
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