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distressbark - Sep 28, 2009 1:07 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2009
traverse from Pollock Mountaingorgeous, breezy day atop the summit. traversed to Bishops Cap after summit of Pollock. followed a great climber's trail and plenty of cairns on the class III climb to the summit. the east face of Bishops Cap is truly stunning - talk about sheer! amazing views all around. returned to Pollock, and rather than climbing back up to the summit, we followed a wide, scree-covered ledge at the base of the cliffs west of the summit block. very easy walk all the way back to saddle between Pollock and Piegan; simple, scenic descent down to Piegan Pass from there.
bfrench - Apr 27, 2009 9:22 pm
Bishops CapClimbed a few times with Piegan and Pollock.
Vantana - Jul 26, 2008 11:03 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2004
Bishops Cap climbLots of fun and vertigo!
sushiman - Mar 28, 2008 12:26 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007
west ridgethis is another peak that just begs to be climbed. great views, tremendous exposure to the east, and thrilling GNP scrambling!
jimegan - Feb 6, 2008 12:51 pm Date Climbed: Sep 22, 1994
BISHOPS CAPCLIMBED WITH OTHG FROM LOGAN PASS AND HIGHLINE TRAIL N TO W SLOPES
Also climbed 7/17/2000 with GMS; 7/8/01 with GMS; 7/20/09 solo
mtnhiker13 - Sep 8, 2004 11:23 pm
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: 9/1/2004What a fun summit. Great climbing on Glacier rock. Not as difficult as I was expecting. A thrilling summit to stand on. Great views as well. Would do this mountain again in a heartbeat. Fantastic!
Climbed with Vern, Fred and Moni. Great mountain, great climbing companions.
Saintgrizzly - Sep 6, 2004 12:30 am
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: September 1, 2004Nice traverse from Pollock Mountain--including one point of peeking over the edge into all the exposure you could ever hope for!--with Fred, Moni, and Ellen. Clambering up the actual "Cap" is loads of fun, and doing Pollock and Bishops Cap in one day makes for a very nice few hours on top of Glacier Park!
This day's climb was on my birthday, making it one of the best such days ever--good effort, good view, good friends, we didn't get too wet, the lightning missed all of us...a sincerely terrific day. Thanks, guys...
Moni - Sep 4, 2004 10:17 am
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: 1 Sept 2004With Fred, Vern Garner and Ellen Ritt. A very fun climb. Weather was stormy with a thunderstorm coming. Only takes about 1/2 hour from the notch between Bishops Cap and Pollock. Once you are up there, doing Bishops Cap and Pollock together makes good sense.