Michael Scott

The freezing level had been high (around 14-15K) when we arrived. I believe on our summit day it came down to 11K or so. There was some limited ice and rock fall, but nothing unexpected. The kind that we could hear/see and if it was near (it wasn't) we could have dodged it. There was a massive avalanche on the Willis Wall that covered the top half of the Carbon. We were on top of the Black Pyramid ice a little after 10am and conditions were still pretty firm. Looks like things are warming up though.

We climbed Liberty Ridge on 6/14 in stellar conditions. Since Thumb Rock camp was obliterated, we pushed from the Curtis Ridge Camp. The Carbon was challenging but manageable in the dark. There was no bootpack on the Carbon. The climb to Black Pyramid was firm snow and it was essentially water ice at Black Pyramid and another section above. There was a terrifying Serac hanging above the route from the Bergshrund that you could not see until 30 feet away. Bergrshrund was either an overhanging AI section or a vertical ice reach around corner. We gave it the reach around but parties had gone both ways. I had never done the route before but I can't imagine better conditions. Go Light. Get some.