Mount Huntington Phantom Wall

The upper half of the phantom wall is just visible to the right of the harvard route.

Mount huntington phantom wall.

Helander said he first noticed huntington s south ridge in 2013 when he climbed the phantom wall on the mountain and then later took a flight seeing tour of the alaska range with his family. The elusive phantom wall as we christened it floated in and out of the mists beckoning us to return. Traversing above the bergschrund with the isis face and denali in the morning alpenglow. Or perhaps it was because of the approach required to reach its start 2000 feet below base camp the closest available landing strip.

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Pitch three of the phantom wall. Below us the tremendous south face the phantom wall yawned for thousands of feet into the dark and chaotic depths of the lower tokositna glacier. The west face couloir is prominent snow ice ramp sloping up the center. The west wall of mount huntington from the tokositna glacier.

I just climbed the southwest face of mount huntington in the alaska range with clint helander. Here s the skinny on our climb of the southwest face of huntington. Looking up the crux pitches on the phantom wall. The route was only worthy to be climbed in its entirety.

The first time paul and i saw a picture of huntington s southwest face we d just stopped in for a beer at lake tahoe s sugar bowl lounge with dave nettle and kevin haddok. We landed on the west fork of the tokositna beneath the northeast ridge of mt. The phantom wall due to its hidden nature in the confines of a lower fork of the tokositna had been overlooked completely not easily visible from any vantage point. New age oak l102.

After a day of ice climbing we were jawing off about other great days we d had. Or perhaps it was because of the approach required to reach its start 2000 feet below base camp the closest available landing strip. As seen from the harvard route the phantom wall is quite impressive well deserving of its name. The death valley is far below.

The phantom wall due to its hidden nature in the confines of a lower fork of the tokositna had been overlooked completely not easily visible from any vantage point. Soft gold mesh l101. Call it what you want. Clint gaining the upper park on the harvard route.

Then the next rappel took us to a japanese fixed line bleached white and stiff over the years backed up by a marginal 0 5 tri cam. The french ridge arises from the foreground. The third ascent of the phantom wall a new variation or a new bail whatever it was incredible.