scot'teryx

We did consider it, but I refused, not worth it for myself as there were some wet spots in the upper dihedral Some natural pro, but it was so marginal.

I hear that the superfly's really suck, fall apart darn quick. 2nd hand account though. Ask Adrien at cascade crags

ERD: 16 hours car to car and we only got to pitch 5...........

Salomon Functions are the goods I also heard the new Montrail D7's (?) are pretty sweet

hella stiff for a 1st lead, nice job! that might be my 100th trad lead.....maybe. Gotta leanr crack tech forst I guess

it always best to get it checked out, especially if you have insurance.

Went up on Sunday morning only to find a group of highschoolers camped at the trailhead, literally. Their tent was right in front of the trail, next to their campfire . Tempted to get their lic plate and report the fire but decided they'll get theirs somehow. Fast approach to Lake Elan (or Vesper Lake) and then down the chossy hillside to the Glacier. Just as we had suspected, the moats looked pretty big. We had only brought crampons and no ice axes, and the glacier was rock hard ice. We then decided to go to the ledges and start the route up higher. The ledge system appears to be pretty creepy, but all in all it was no problem to get on the route. We got the start of the climb only to find out that Adrien had forgot the pro in the car and all we had was 6 slings, biners, and his 3 hexes. He led all 3 pitches up the dihedral with no pro, and some pretty poor belay stations, but easy cimbing, and alot of fun. Since we were a team of 3, it took a bit longer than expected. Reached the summit at 430pm, and then headed down to the car at 5pm, reaching the TH @ 7. Unfortunately the descent went slow since I hurt my ACL (?) in my knee. Good climb though, next year I'll go back to do the entire route, if those lower pitches are really worth it. What about a direct route from the start of the dihedral and then a straight line to the summit. Lookes like some good overhanging hand cracks and such. Anyone ever check it out?

what do you think?

the trip via Gem Lake was not that bad, just hard to find some of the trails in the dark for some reason Next time I'll use my open eye

My condolences go out to the family. This is so upsetting, and it makes me very, very, very sad. Makes you think about things a little more than you did before. Family, friends, etc. Our life can be so short here on earth, pause for a moment and reflect on the reasons why we are here and to pray for the family of the climber that passed away.

Hell no, I'd rather spray than deteriorate in front of a TV

TV is for idiots

lummox sucks ass and that's that. "may the hairs of one-thousand camels infest your armpits"

Isn't that West Tiger 3? I know there's some slab climbing classes going on there this coming weekend

Saturday morning.........

This is part of the Mountain Ascent Challenege, and one of the requirements is to tag Melakwa Pass, and then hit Granite. I thought it would be quicker to go up via Chair Peak Basin instead of the roundabout way down tosnow lake and then up to gem and then the pass. I bet it's a bushwhack then huh?

I know there is a goat trail that goes from melakwa pass down to the upper lakes, I just dont want to have to go down to gem lake from snow lake and back up to the pass. thought it would be more direct like the winter route, wasn't too sure of the bushwhack rating though....

Is it thesible? I have done it in the winter, but never been up there in the summer. Can one go up the Snow Lake Trail, up the hill from the Source Lake junction and up into chair peak basin past the thumbtack, and then over the NE buttress and up to the pass? just curious...............

What is that?

Does Stone Gardens count as "alpine"?

clems holler rocks! i think "gun rack" is a real fun bolted climb, and the third pitch of the 5.8/5.8/5.10 route

I'll leave the vicious scooby in the back of the truck to greet the bandits

It actually went to my inbox on outlook, and it sucked! Now I just get viagra and penis enlargement emails. They actually work 2, I went from 8" all the way up to 13"!!!