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TC's upper left. Pic taken last Saturday... From what we could see, tc's looked tone in great shape. Like Gene said the crux will be all that extra walking mileage, or you could easily bike it now that more than two miles of 8 mileroad is melted out.

Oops! You're right. My bad! I've come across more good people than bad out there. Your story reminds me of early this spring of passing a rock on the way back to the parking area. Someone had placed a brand new pair of mythos on it, no doubt in search of their owner.

Totally true! And there's some decent beer these days in a can.

This story counteracts my experience seeing a dumbass chick toss her beer bottle in the middle of the walking path, sweep up the glass shards in a small pile, put a rock over the top of them, and calling it good. Awesome stuff that.

Let me guess, you skied Bob's Your Uncle and Sensimilla... Nice going bro!

The views alone are worth the hike!

I'll be at Castle Rock after work tomorrow and Wednesday if you're around. You're more than welcome to join me. John

I wouldn't scream too loudly if that bolt were replaced...

Is this a Mitch route?

the ticks are horrible - everyone should stay away ;-) The ticks should die out around the first half off July. I certainly wouldn't recommend climbing SCW until that time.

My blood must taste better! I find one on me, and spend the rest of the day feeling "phantom" ticks crawling on my scalp. Or maybe I'm just tweaking ...

I have to agree with Gene, the ticks are a major deterrent to SCW in spring. That being said, looking at it from L-worth, there seems to be snow at the base of the wall too.

I did find myself nostalgic for Prusik Peak when I took this shot.

For all you Frenchman basalt haters, here's verifiable proof that it's not all chossy, exfoliating basalt dinner plates out there. It's granite!

Nice!

Sometimes, great tr's don't involve summits and perfect splitters, but cfire's tr will split your sides! http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/654415/4

LAW sighting!

Thanks for the nice words! looking at the photos I miss shooting with slide film, until I remember how expensive it was.

Interesting, do the residents have to split the cost to have the mud cleared? And plowed for that matter?

Holy shit. I see the snow lakes approach to Colchuck Lake being very popular this year!

Not sure. But out was closed just beyond SC trailhead.

As of last night. FYI....

Thanks Kevin. Yep, we approached from the east side, Mtn. Home Road, from Blewitt Pass Hiway. There's lots of fun stuff up there to explore.

Trip: Alpine Lakes: The Chisel - Date: 6/1/2004 Trip Report: I love all these retro-tr's. So, I thought I would add my own. My climbing friend Kyle Flick wrote up a brief TR shortly after we did this, but I think it deserves a more comprehensive account with photos. So...enjoy. In the Fall of 2003, I was tooling around on Wedge Mountain, the long ridge being within easy striking distance of Wenatchee. Added to the fact that you can park within a mile and a half of the crest that overlooks the high expanse of the Enchantments. I really wasn't looking for anything in particular. Climbing was still very new to me, and I was fascinated with the idea of discovery, undeterred by lichen and dirt. I cruised the crest north, checking out the small bumps of solid granite along the way, imagining a private crag where we eastsiders could enjoy in relative solitude. Looking down towards Nada Lake, my eye was caught by a solitary spire of granite stained yellow and black by lichen. As a climber, you know that rush of adrenaline, a visceral reaction that you've found something good. I filed away that image, and made sure to recruit someone to climb it the following weekend. I think I even scoured CC.Com the following week to make sure no one climbed it in the meantime A little research in the Beckey Guide, I matched up a description of The Chisel with what I saw. At least now I knew there was a route on it. There was even a reference to a photo being in the 1950 AAJ, Pg. 506. As bad luck would have it, it snowed the following week, and kept doing so until the spring, so I had to shelve this project. During the winter, I found myself in Seattle, and dropped by The Mountaineer's library to dig up the photo of this Chisel. Sure enough, there was an Ira Spring photo of the first ascent, on pg. 506. I photocopied it and kept it with me for the following spring. Once May rolled around, I convinced Ed Hobbick to join me for a look at this. We crested the ridge, and after some lowball bouldering, headed down to the objective. The climbing was fairly straightforward crack, well protected, with a thick coating of black lichen to keep us from smearing too much outside of the fissure. It was just one pitch, and at the top, it was as exposed of a position I had ever been in. If I recall, there was one buttonhead "Beckey" bolt at the top with some bleached tubular webbing. Ed and I backed it up with a couple stoppers and spectra and rapped, feeling good about our modest accomplishment. The locale and solitude compelled us to slow down and savor it for a bit. But I wanted to get a photo of The Chisel, from the same perspective of the one taken by Ira Spring in the AAJ. A couple weeks later, in June, 2004, Kyle and Ed agreed to climb, and let me get a few photos. Ed and Kyle on route: On our way back up to the crest of Wedge, we climbed the Herronhead feature, a very unremarkable pitch of dirt climbing with a shoulder stand finale. Those moments of discovery come fewer and further between, so it's always nice to remember when the forces conspired to allow for a memorable climbing experience.

My bmr is 1,871. Very warm sleeper. Planning on 6 days total.