Trip: The Tooth - Standard (South Face) Trip Date: 08/18/2022 Trip Report:
Folks wanting to climb The Tooth now that the Snow Lake summer trail is closed for trail work will find that the Alpental skin track/winter route does go, but the trail peters out ~250m after the avy explosives bunker leaving ~2.5km of mixed bushwhacking, following creeks (for path-of-least resistance), and route finding to gain suitable chute to re-join summer route, i.e. very do-able, but requires good sense of humor and reserve of patience to repeat on the way back!
Gear Notes: GPS track from winter skin in/ski out helpful Approach Notes: Follow general direction of winter route until starting to approach Mushroom Couloir. Then keeping lower (right) to river allows easier travel vs. side-hilling through denser brush. We stayed lower until short headwall up to Source Lake and seemed decent option. Lots of bear sign (fresh scat, dozen tree markings), so holler to reduce chances of an encounter!
