Southeast Ridge (a.k.a., standard descent)

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Head up boulder fields and sparse forest above the La Luz Trail towards the SE end or left side of this photo:

We headed up the obvious boulder field on the far left side of photo on our approach to the SE Ridge, when the boulder field was full of snow. The La Luz Trail is visible in a couple spots where it crosses the boulder field. Near the top we then trended rightward to the notch at the skyline. Photo courtesy of [[105787518]].

Gain the ridge proper at a localized low point in the ridge where there is a ~2 foot wide notch standing about four feet off the forest duff. This deposits you in a mostly flat pod - roughly 8 feet diameter - on the ridge proper where the party can drop any gear not being taken to the top.

If making traditional leads out of this, take a half dozen or so pieces of pro ... there's a couple trees for belay anchors plus a large block on top to loop the rope around.