kashan Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) Trip: Colchuck Peak - Colchuck GlacierTrip Date: 06/17/2018Trip Report: We started at 6:30 AM from Stuart Trail Head and reached to Lake Colchuck at 8 AM and then base of Colchuck Glacier . Snow was hard in the morning so we put the crampons on and started ascending the glacier. There were other parties mostly skiers were heading up for dragon tail . Weather was beautiful and little cold breeze over the upper portion. Going up we had one big rock passed us some how it was lose and dropped from the right side of ridges .We reached on the the pass from where we took off the crampon and start scrambling towards right Colchuck peak, it took another 30 mins to reach the summit . . Summit was short ledges but good enough to accommodate 8-10 climbers. We spent good amount on summit and took pictures. It took us 6:30 hours to reach summit views were beautiful we took our good time and stops along the way. Once we started heading down we see more ski parties heading up , we took the same Glacier route to go down . Snow was still hard on top but almost 1000ft down snow becomes more soft easy to do plunge steps. On way down skier and snow boarder we met on summit passed us . Over all beautiful day and trip . Gear Notes: Crampon, ice axe , helmet and light Sportiva Trango BootsApproach Notes: Trail was Edited June 18, 2018 by kashan added more pictures 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Nice, looks like you had great conditions, it just doesn't get much better when booting up this glacier. Thanks for the pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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