Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
A cloudy mountain approach.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
The approach is a long ascent along talus slopes.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
The Grand Sentinel as seen from Sentinel Pass.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
Approaching the Grand Sentinel involves descending into the valley and walking across the the scree slope directly toward the spire.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
From the base, the route is fairly easy to find. You should be able to make out the first set of anchor chains from here.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
The first and second pitch has many ledges and is mostly a series of mantle moves.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
The third pitch is the crux and has the most technical moves. It varies between tricky quartzite crack climbing to a bit of offwidth. Most gear is found in the crack. Spoiler Alert: BD #2 and #1s are worth having extras of.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
Belay glasses are nice if this route starts to take awhile.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
The crux is the ledge. It requires three consecutive tricky and extremely exposed moves to accomplish.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
The belay is immediately above the ledge. Warning: Beta: The ledge is an odd series of moves. It's worth keeping a #3 on your left-hand side. At the top of the crack system there is really cool hole you can wrap your hand around.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
This comfortable belay seat has excellent views. It's an easy pitch above this to the top.
Tam McTavish
Photo Date: 
07/15/2015
The summit is extremely narrow. maybe one metre wide in one tiny section. Anchors at the top allow a quick rappel back to the ground.