The Thumb Line of Weakness

[Swithich]

The Thumb has listed an easiest route of class 3. Is this from the saddle with Tridents and Whiskey Peak (south east)? If not which direction is it from?

http://www.listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=11702

-Swithich

[John Kirk]

It is from a Hiker's and Climber's guide to the Sandias by Mike Hill. The route is from the saddle to the SE of the peak.

[davebobk47]

I submitted that class 3 rating.

Here's the SP page detailing the route: http://www.summitpost.org/southeast-ridge/508987

I made the mistake of going too far to the climbers left on the way up and had to do a few extremely exposed class 3/4 moves that I'm not sure I'd want to repeat without a rope. Stay in the middle of the ridge on the slabs. Not easy class 3 but surprisingly not very exposed. I was able to downclimb the class 3 slabs without issue.

By doing this from the top of the crest it can easily be done in a 1/2 day.

[Swithich]

Awesome, that is where I thought the route was. I'll do sometime this summer. Thanks for the beta.

-Swithich

[davebobk47]

Summer's a good time - a chance to escape the heat. I did it rather early - April I believe. Going up the rockslide was not fun because of the snow but the scrambling was great. Enjoy, its a fun one.