Top of theTrough

Soon the Ledges give way to the Trough. Stairmaster on 'roids...

Just as the Keyhole is an abrupt transition, so are the transitions on the way to the summit. Going up the Trough, which starts out pretty wide, with people spread out all over it, you pick your way up through the loose rocks, noting the targets, but having the terrain pretty much dominate you all the way up. The higher you climb, the narrower the trail gets, until finally you're funneled up to a large boulder which requires a fair amount of effort to negotiate up and over. And when you do, there's another "wow" transition as you come up to see the beginning of the Narrows.

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[humlakullen]

I climbed it two days ago (Aug 20th). I thought the boulder field was tough, until I reached the Trough... That damn thing breaks you down mentally. It took me almost 8hrs to reach the summit.

[JD03ish]

You gotta be roped up?

[kckcmctcrc]

We were a group of 8 climbing the trough, 3 backed out (quit right there) upon seeing the narrows. They sat right on that same boulder, I saw the fear in this one girl's eyes, she was done. We remaining 5 continued to the summit, great climb.