Eric Carter Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Since I'm sure a few people are wondering about ice on Colfax, here's a few pics from yesterday (Oct 6). Pics show the Polish Route (img_7876), Cosley-Houston (7877) and Ford's Theatre (7881). We thought the ice looked a touch too thin for us so climbed the West Ridge to connect into the upper snow slopes of the CH. Descending to the Kulshan-Colfax Col was straightforward with one rap off a ...block (?) at the final shrund. The Colman Glacier is more broken up than I've ever seen and was a humongous pain in the butt to descend. There's a full width crevasse at 2650m that we snuck around on climber's left against the rocks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Question is if the pillar is touching or not. Lower section even thin, has low enough angle to climb through. Originally I gave route R rating for a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellows Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Cool, thanks for the early season stoke! How was the West Ridge? I don't think it is in the Beckey or Alpine Select guides and I've never heard anything about it before. You should write up a TR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carter Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 20 hours ago, bellows said: Cool, thanks for the early season stoke! How was the West Ridge? I don't think it is in the Beckey or Alpine Select guides and I've never heard anything about it before. You should write up a TR. Thanks! We hadn't seen anything about it before either but seems pretty unlikely that someone hasn't scrambled up it. Just posted a TR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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