Snow was melting fast with a prolonged stretch of warm weather, and 100° temperatures in Boulder made it a perfect day for the alpine. Having climbed the
Kor Route the previous week and the
Southwest Corner in 2018, I was eager to climb the
Southeast Corner of The Saber. My friend Giles was easily convinced to head up to the alpine with me.
The weather was absolutely perfect (no wind and comfortable in t-shirts). Since I had been up there the previous week, I led us quickly up the approach pitches and Pitch 1 (which is the same as Pitch 1 of the
Kor Route). After that, Giles and I swung leads. We both thought that every pitch on this route had engaging and quality climbing, perhaps even as good as the excellent
Southwest Corner route (although I will have to re-climb the
Southwest Corner to determine that). Just like on the
Kor Route the previous week, we had the entire Saber to ourselves. Yay for weekday climbing in the late spring. It was one of the best kind of days in the alpine.
This page gives a trip report and photos from our climb of the
Southeast Corner.