North America, United States, Wyoming, Bighorn Peak, Northeast Face, Bighorn Mountains
Publication Year: 1977.
Bighorn Peak, Northeast Face, Bighorn Mountains. This face is nearly two miles long and varies in height from 800 to 1300 feet. It embraces two cirques. On August 20 I climbed the southern cirque, starting at the waterfall which dominates the center of the face. Moving up left onto the east side of a rib, I enjoyed a long day of climbing on fine rock. The situation changed 200 feet below the cliff top. A roof, unclimbable for me, forced a traverse and rappel into the funnel feeding the waterfall. I did escape to the top of the face from there, but it was wet, loose, vertical and difficult.
Robert Bliss, Unaffiliated