April 29th, 2018
Spanish Needle (7,841)
East Lamont Peak (7,475')
11.90 miles, 3,500'
11.90 miles, 3,500'
Spanish Needle is located in the southern Sierra a short distance north of Walker Pass. It's biggest claim to fame is both it's route finding difficulty and the fact it's one of the rare significant 3rd class scramble peaks. It's also notorious for people underestimating the difficulty and either turning back or getting to the wrong peak.
I first did the peak way back in 2010 and it took my two tries with the initial attempt ending with me climbing up to the ridge too early and cliffing out with not enough daylight left to reroute. It's been led a few times by Sierra Club groups in recent years to varying degrees of success and I decided it was about time to head back out and see how it compared with what I remembered.
- Posted By: Matthew Hengst
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