SmilingWhiteKnuckles

Aha! I can't take credit for those tracks. Saw them from the top. They must have been from Saturday. I put in a thin line of the route I took which I guess would be the NE face of the NEB or something like that. The route you took looks exciting. How was getting around the big rock block on the upper part of the buttress?

You are most welcome! Did you follow my beginning line up the main funnel for the face above or did you go to the right up through the rocks? The ice/snow in the first section was great!

Considering the G. Skoog/G. Brill route on Gunsight next week. I understand there has been some rockfall on that route. Anybody have verification of this or know if the route has changed much because of it?

This is a little late, but.... We skied the Slot on the 14th of this month. There's plenty of snow. It's a good, sweat-inducing slog up to the top, but the run is sweet. We had a great run back to the Alpental lower parking lot too. Set off a few slush river/slides and managed somehow to bushwhack our way down the cliffs at the bottom (the waterfall I guess).

Not too long. Left the car (Bridge Creek Campground) at 5:30am and made it to the base of the couloir at 11am. Took several breaks on the way.

I climbed the North Buttress Couloir/North Buttress of Colchuck Peak last Thursday and wanted to report on the conditions. Eightmile Road is gated and with good reason too because after the first mile or snow, there is a solid snopack all the way to the Stuart Lk Trailhead. Good news is that it was really cold up there last week. The snow on the road was hard and frozen as was the snow on the trail. I put my crampons on 100yds up the trail and didn't take them off all day long! Colchuck Lake is well frozen and I walked across that for a speedy approach to the base of the climb. Triple Couloirs looks pretty sweet right now and I bet these conditions will remain for awhile if it stays cold up there. Also looked liked some interesting possibilities up the North/Northwest Face for those so inclined... The North Buttress route was pretty cool as well--straightforward couloir climb for most of the vertical gain then some interesting ridge climbing. I'm sure there are many ways to go. One could easily go right onto the NW Face and stay in snow the whole way I suspect. Or do some cool climbing up the ridge...I bet this climb is easier and more fun now than in summer--the Beckey guide says as much. The views last Thursday were pretty amazing. Stuart was still free of clouds by the time I got on top and that always looks rad with so much snow on it. Had the whole place to myself! Or so I thought. Did meet F. as I crossed back over the lake. He was contemplating the Triple Couloir route from the lakeshore and was very good company on the way down.