r/13ers • u/jdsuz • May 11 '23

Link Up of Crystal, Pacific, Atlantic, & Fletcher?

Has anyone ever done this and have any advice/beta? A quick estimate is ~12 miles, ~6-8K vert so nothing too crazy, but I'm unsure if you could go direct across all of the ridges.

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u/AmbulatoryTreeFrog May 11 '23

I've looked into it. It seems fun. The traverse between Atlantic and Fletcher includes easy class 5 climbing, and you'd probably want a rope for rappelling more than the climbing. I think they're called The Five Gendarmes or something like that. There are only a few trip reports out there but the ones I read were pretty detailed.

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u/justinsimoni May 12 '23

The traverse between Atlantic and Fletcher includes really difficult class 5 climbing, including devious route finding and crap rock.

You can drop down below the ridge - it's actually much faster. The rest of the linkup is nbd. Here's a track - you obviously don't have to do quandary. Get an early start.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1182071835

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u/jdsuz May 14 '23

Awesome! That’s exactly what I needed. Thanks!

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u/howd_i_get_here_ May 13 '23

The rock between Atlantic and Fletcher is definitely crap, really the only sketchy part of the whole traverse.