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Trip Report: The East Face of 13,595-Foot University Peak, CA

Report from May 15, 2025 I knew we wanted to start south this year in the Eastern Sierra, CA, but I didnโ€™t make it here until May 10 due to a family issue. Even more reason to start in the south. Fox had just been down there to a zone Iโ€™d never been to and said it was special. I [โ€ฆ]

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Miles Clark | May 17, 2025
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1 Climber Killed in Fall and Another Rescued on University Peak, CA

In the late evening of June 25, 2023, Inyo SAR received a call-out regarding a fatality on the North Face of University Peak (13,595 ft) near Kearsarge Pass, out of Independence, CA. Earlier that day, two mountaineers were ascending the mountain when one decided conditions were too dangerous for his liking. He chose to wait in place while his partner [โ€ฆ]

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CragBrains | June 30, 2023
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Trip Report: 13,632โ€ฒ University Peak, CA โ€“ โ€œNortheast Couloirโ€

Report from June 25, 2023 13,623โ€ฒ University Peak, CAโ€™s โ€œNortheast Couloirโ€ held epic skiing & chockstone anxiety yesterday! This aesthetic chute stuffed a nail into our mindโ€™s eye last Thursday when we passed underneath it on our way to and from University Peakโ€™s โ€œNorth Face.โ€ We never could tell if the thing went or if it was a closeoutโ€ฆ Yesterday, [โ€ฆ]

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Miles Clark | June 26, 2023
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Trip Report: 13,632โ€ฒ University Peak, CA โ€“ โ€œNorth Faceโ€

Report from June 22, 2023 13,632โ€ฒ University Peak, CAโ€™s โ€œNorth Faceโ€ yesterday was 51ยบ steep at the top and firm as hell! Sketchy turns at first, then 19-secs into the video we find some flow and softer snow. Scared poop-less again but slightly less this time because it was a touch less firm than what weโ€™d experienced on 13,494โ€ฒ Mt [โ€ฆ]

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Miles Clark | June 23, 2023
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