Cloudripper Loop
John Muir Wilderness, CAInfo
Distance9.5 mi
Elevation gain4,200 ft
Route typeLoop
Duration7 hr
CruxClass 3
Quality7/10
Peaks bagged
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2
Cloudripper(SPS)13,525 ft / Prom. 845 ft
2
Vagabond Peak13,374 ft / Prom. 334 ft
SPS. Sierra Peaks Section
Report
Cloudripper is the highest peak 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 is an out-and-back via the northern slopes, climbing up and over the intervening Vagabond Peak. I wanted to make the route into a loop, so I climbed Cloudripper via a class 3 chute on its western face and took the standard route on the return.
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