Alexander's Chimney, The Notch, Long's Peak

by Jesse Speer

by Jesse Speer

Alexander's Chimney/The Notch, Long's Peak, IV, AI4, 5.5: I had to include at least one classic ice climb of the many to be found in the Park. When in condition, climb thin ice and mixed terrain up the lower east face of Long's through the feature known as Alexander's Chimney, traverse 50 yards on Broadway, then continues up the moderate snow couloir to the prominent notch on the skyline of Long's Peak. Over 2000 vertical feet of great climbing usually best in late fall. Catch this route out of condition, and you will climb dripping, mossy, loose choss up Alexander's Chimney and grovel up deep avalanche-prone snow in the Notch. In mountaineering, as in life, timing is often everything. ...By John Bicknell, Colorado Mountain School

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