Cloudripper via West Chute
John Muir Wilderness, CAInfo
Distance
9.5 mi
Elevation gain
4,200 ft
Route type
Loop
Duration
7 hr
Crux
Class 3
Quality
7/10
Vehicle type
Car
Ecoregion
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Cloudripper is the high point of the Inconsolable Range, a subrange of the Palisades stretching 14 miles from the Buttermilks in the north to Mount Agassiz in the south. The standard route climbs the gentle north slopes from Green Lake, up and over the intervening Vagabond Peak. This would serve as my descent route. For the ascent, I took a more direct route up a steep chute on the west face from the uppermost Chocolate Lake.
