Organ Needles: The Wedge 5.8 variation (Slab on 4th pitch)

 

Who: Brad Hardin and I

What: The Wedge 5.8 variation 5 pitch 500', Organ Needles

When: April 4, 2021

Start: 7:10 am

Finish: 6:15 pm

Elevation gain 3000' +/-

Mileage: About 6 miles RT, but just like the Organ needle...you will end up hiking way more than this.

Approach: An absolute beating. If it is your first time out here without a guide, you will get off route. After the saddle under the gedarmes, it is a sufferfest of bushwhacking. Loose rock, loose dirt, thorny plants, cactus, and the threat of a rattlesnake every step you take. Branches in your face the majority of the time. If you want some beta...just PM me...much easier this way!

1 pitch

2nd pitch

start of 4th pitch

Last Pitch

Summit

Bonus pics from the weekend:

Early morning shot of Organ Needles

Sugarloaf on Eastside of range

Another view of Sugarloaf

Eastside...with sugarloaf and Rabbit ears

White Sands National Park