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Right before I got to Bullfrog Lake, I left the trail and headed straight up the west slope of Mount Rixford. It took me close to two hours to make the summit ridge, but it seemed more like 4 hours.I found myself taking steps upward for 10 seconds and resting for 20. The slope was up to 45 degrees steep in places, and extremely loose. As I got close to the summit ridge, the scree transitioned to larger blocks of talus, but the talus was extremely loose as well. After ~1,000 feet of elevation gain on that miserable slope, I finally made it to the summit ridge. This is the crux of the climb. From the ridge, it was an easy Class 2 scramble to the summit.

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