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Year	Climb	Grade	Climber	Style	Date
1957	Regular Northwest Face	HVS	Royal Robbins	Aid \| worked	1957
	First ascent.
	The first grade VI climb in North America.
1958
1959–1963
1964
1965	Snake Dike	HVS	Eric Beck	Alternate Leads \| onsight	Jul 1965
	First ascent. With Jim Bridwell and Chris Fredericks.
	Snake Dike	HVS	Jim Bridwell	Alternate Leads \| onsight	Jul 1965
	First ascent. With Chris Fredericks and Eric Beck.
	Snake Dike	HVS	Chris Fredericks	Alternate Leads \| onsight	Jul 1965
	First ascent. With Jim Bridwell and Eric Beck.
1966
1967
1968
1969	Tis-sa-ack	A3	Royal Robbins	Aid \| worked	Oct 1969
	First ascent.
1970
1971–1984
1985
1986	Southern Belle	E8	Dave Schultz	Lead \| worked	1986
	First ascent. With Scott Cosgrove.
	Southern Belle	E8	Scott Cosgrove	Lead \| worked	1986
	First ascent. With Dave Schultz.
	Karma	E9	Dave Schultz	Lead \| worked	Jul 1986
	First ascent. With some points of aid.
	5.11d A0 on the first ascent
	Karma	E9	Ken Yager	Lead \| worked	Jul 1986
	First ascent. With some points of aid.

Climb	Grade	# Recorded Ascents	Ascents Recorded Between
Tis-sa-ack	A3	1	1st October 1969 – 1st November 1969

Climb	Grade	# Recorded Ascents	Ascents Recorded Between
Karma	E9	6	1st July 1986 – 1st November 2023
Southern Belle	E8	2	1st January 1986 – 1st January 1987
Regular Northwest Face	HVS	7	1st January 1957 – 1st November 2008
Snake Dike	HVS	3	1st July 1965 – 1st August 1965

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