conrad_c

Yeah, I think that there's a thin rimey layer over a lot of the rocks. I think they got like that during one of the high-elevation rain storms, but I'm not totally sure. I haven't been carefully monitoring over there so that's just based on memory. Upper ice step in the right gully looks really good! These are really great photos, you must have a nice camera.

I took a look at, but chose not to climb, Eliot headwall on 2026-01-25. Here's a picture. It's a bit difficult to tell but I suspect that much of the snow is very firm. I haven't been up the north face gullies this season but in late november cooper spur offered roughly 1000 feet of climbing with penetration varying from crampon points to the ball of the foot or so.