Mount Winchell, Southwest Arête. This beautiful knife-edge is pictured on page five of the Sierra Club book, Gentle Wilderness: The Sierra Nevada. The route is on the first ridge in from the right skyline which joins the north ridge about a hundred feet below the summit. In May Warren Harding and I skied over Bishop Pass and began the climb early one clear morning. We reached the summit hours later and descended the northeast side. The route began on a broad face to the left of the ridgecrest, then gained the crest and followed it for 1500 feet to the summit. Climbing was moderate fifth class with one F8 section. NCCS III, F8.

Galen Rowell