Correction to Secor, Haeckel, Mount
by Steve Eckert
It took 2 hours to do a one mile traverse with 400 feet of gain and loss,
but we made it to Mt Huxley (13117) in one piece. Fortunately, there was
an easy way down: The "west shoulder" route listed by Secor as "class
3...class 2, but with a headwall" is really all class 2. The headwall is
easily bypassed to the north, staying on scree and boulders the entire
way. There are a few moves in the chute that could be called class 3, and
there are one or two moves on the summit blocks, but the level of
difficulty is so different from the OTHER class 3 route that we considered
it class 2 by contrast. At the base of the chute there appear to be some
cliffs which are easily bypassed by traversing to the ridge just north of
the chute.
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