
Lady Mountain, viewed from the trailhead. The route leads up the right side, traverses left, and ascends to the notch in the center via the forested-looking slopes.

Along the Emerald Pools Trail.

The spot where we left the trail to ascend to Lady Mountain (left).

Social trails switchback up to the start of the scrambling.

First Class 3 set of moves.

View back toward the Zion Lodge as we head up the first Class 3 set of moves.

Just past the first set of moves, an exposed set of moki steps on a slanted rock feature.

View back down the moki steps.

Past the moki steps, zig-zagging terrain leads up to higher ground.

View north into Zion Canyon as we use ledges to gain ground.

Class 2/3 moves along the way.


A cliff band above, but this weakness allows for access, Class 3.

View down the Class 3 weakness.

Another shot at some scrambling up the weakness, just before reaching the first Class 5 crux.

Class 5 chimney crux. It's quite exposed on the left.

Chris at the hardest part of the chimney.

View down the crux of the chimney. There's some Class 2/3 scrambling behind me to reach sunlight again.

At the top of the chimney, view down.

A hundred feet or so of traversing on a ledge.

Looking back along the 100-foot long ledge at a lightly exposed portion where it might be easy to lose the route.

A Class 2 gully.

And then the long traverse using a nice ledge with excellent views.

Along the traverse.

Progress along the ledge traverse.

View back.

Final bit of the ledge traverse before reaching a tight switchback and ultimately the second Class 5 crux.

Class 5 crux.

Close-up of the crux (taken later as we rappel down and with different lightint).

View down the second Class 5 crux.

Just past the crux, we reached a set of terraces that ascended steeply and with quite the exposure for a few hundred feet.

View back down along the steppy ascent.

Continuing up the ledge-steps.

After the steps, we reached a crevasse. Don't head into the crevasse. Instead use the ramp on the right.

Chris ascending the ramp, just right of the crevasse.

View back down, some steps making the sloped sandstone easier.

Zig-zagging on ledges and slopes for a while.

More ledges.

And then the route enters this gully for a while.

A class 3 ramp on the left leads up the gully.

View down at a Class 3 move in the narrowest part of the gully.

Higher in the gully, more Class 2/3 stuff.

Blocky steps leading out of the gully and back onto the face of Lady Mountain.

More scrambling and ledges, surprise!

View down into the gully after emerging from it.

The remainder of the ascent looks a lot like this. Class 2/3 on sandstone, mixed in with some light brush and zig-zagging.

Making our way up to the south ridge of Lady Mountain, up there somewhere.

But of course, more ledge zig-zagging.

And some sloped sandstone Class 2/3.

The ridge becomes visible ahead!

View down from the south ridge of Lady Mountain.

Along the south ridge of Lady Mountain. The social trail avoids any serious rock outcroppings, such as the one seen ahead.

Avoiding an outcropping. The summit is seen on the right.

Excellent views as we continue along the south ridge of Lady Mountain.

A final Class 2/3 section to reach the sandy summit slope.

View back along the summit slope.

Lady Mountain summit ahead!

Lady Mountain summit, view north into Zion Canyon.

Close-up toward Behunin Canyon and Mount Majestic.

Lady Mountain summit, view south toward East Temple and Mountain of the Sun. A historic marker points to various mountains nearby, seen at the bottom of this photo.
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