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Peak 10,510′, first ascent, West Face.
By John Kelley
Jim Beyer cruising easy terrain low on Peak 10,510'. John Kelley
In late July, Jim Beyer and I made the likely first ascent of Peak 10,510′, across the glacier northwest of Mt. Hobbs. We landed on an unnamed glacier on the south side of the range a mile (at most) from the peak, and scrambled up a scree gully and onto the hanging glacier west of the peak. The West Face started around 40° and steepened to 65° at the top. About 3,000′ of ice led to the summit block, which was a short pitch of 5.4. We rappelled the route, mostly on V-threads, returning to camp in a 20-hour roundtrip.
