Via Ferrata on the Chief

[Optimally-Primed]

I heard recently of an iron route connecting the second summit to the first on the Chief. While descending from the second summit, just after the ladder downclimb, the V-groove, and the short hike up to the summit rim, I looked across at the wall of the first summit and there it was: rebar ladder rungs, bolted and glued into a vertical wall. We followed it up and indeed it led to us to just below the first summit. Raven's Castle slab remained above. We didn't find a sub-5th class route up it and so descended to the base of Raven's Castle and onward down the trail. I believe that the route is the work of Robin Barley. And frankly, I quite like it!

[pinner]

There's a photo of the ladder waaaay down the bottom of the wonderful "Climbing at Squamish in the 1970's" thread at supertaco.com

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/A ... C01449.jpg

wasn't going to post the link, but the thread has names and such and such throughout it anyway. Apologies to the author (© Mighty Hiker!) , and more than willing to remove it if he so wishes.

Either way, looks fun, and I suggest you all get your read on at the supertaco thread if you hasn't already!:
http://supertopo.com/climbing/thread.ht ... #msg853078