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May 13 2018. Road is currently washed out at about 4 km, (passable by quad but not by regular 4x4 truck) so add on about 2 km of hiking to get to the trailhead. Snow begins at the memorial. Looks like lower part of North Couloir is melted out. Pocket Glacier seems small this year. Big seracs below the east Face and Nav Wall. Large cornice on the summit.

Trip: Sahale - South side - Ski from the summit tower Trip Date: 05/08/2018 Trip Report: Does the database need yet another Sahale TR? Maybe not, but the views are still as good as always up there. As is the ski down Soldier Boy creek. And if you go midweek, you'll have nobody to disturb your wanderings. Well, except for the locals. They eyed us warily but didn't break from their routine as we glided past. North Cascades National Park turns 50 this year and it is every bit as grand today as it was in 1968. Next time I'll bring enough gear to tag the top. CJ condition photo for you extremo types Hey bear (not telephoto) I bet you knew the CJ was named for Cascade (L) and Johannesburg Mtns We saw some Ptarmigan feeding on last year's berries, clothed in their winter plumage (telephoto) We stopped at the rock of the summit block The dragon was awakened this spring. Gunsight (L) and Sinister in the distance. The Triplets The summit ridge of Spider peeking out Time to go down! Spring is here Gear Notes: skis. Rope and tiny rack if you want to climb to the summit Approach Notes: Road open to gate at MP 20 (one past Eldo parking area).

Nesakwatch Spires/Rexford looking much drier if anyone's looking for some alpine rock.

By June the skiing won't be that great at this rate, so the safe bet is to not split the team @Alisse, esp. if you partner hasn't done a lot of glacier travel. While the Coleman isn't terribly gnarly by glacial standards you can easily get into trouble, especially if the weather turns. Also, you'll want him to go over two person rescue and be very familiar with what to do, for your own benefit if nothing else. Getting to the NR is often involved with lots of bridges (looks OK right now though). I did very realistic two person practice last Saturday with a partner who jumped into a glide crack. It was fairly exciting, and I knew it was about to happen. You need to be prepped and dialed to pull it off without incident. I skied the Coleman on Monday and the cracks are starting to open.....I'll post some pics tonight or tomorrow....

Solo glacier travel by a newbie in June on the Coleman Demming is a definite NO in my book. Check out google earth.

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Looks like White River should be open Friday May 18. We may try to make a two day ascent this weekend. Anybody camped on the Carbon glacier below the ridge? Figure it might be nice to avoid camping at Thumb Rock, would make for a long summit day though.