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| The North Buttress of Merriam Peak, John Muir Wilderness |
Merriam Peak
13,103'
Direct North Buttress
IV, 5.10
June 23, 2012
Suffering from a severe case of early season restlessness, Jaime and I arranged for a three-day weekend of alpine rock and started to consider our options. We could drive 7 hours to the North Cascades, which was threatened with mediocre weather, or we could stretch out the motorized approach and put in a solid 15 hours to the east side of the Sierras. Folks around these parts are still skiing on a deep maritime snowpack, but with a lean snow year down south the alpine conditions in California were rumored to be excellent. Crappy Cascades weather or California sun and golden granite?
