chrisc88 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 (edited) Climbed the North Ridge on June 3rd. Conditions are pretty cruiser to the summit. Gaining the ridge is particularly easy, basically stairs. The right ice variation is abnormally rocky right now, I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it myself in person. Full trip report here Edited June 5, 2019 by chrisc88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Where is the rocky right variation in this photo? to the right of the climbers bag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisc88 Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Steve Roberts said: Where is the rocky right variation in this photo? to the right of the climbers bag? I believe that it is just what is typically referred to as the “right variation”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needtoclimb Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Here is a picture of June 14th, 2010. What a difference in snow levels. Below is the ice stop. It looks like the ice step has lost about five feet of ice. That right variation didn't exist nine years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 11 hours ago, chrisc88 said: I believe that it is just what is typically referred to as the “right variation”. Perfect - Thanks Chris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikidjoe Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 2 hours ago, needtoclimb said: Here is a picture of June 14th, 2010. What a difference in snow levels. Below is the ice stop. It looks like the ice step has lost about five feet of ice. That right variation didn't exist nine years ago. wow that is sad to see. and not surprising. which makes it even more sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Oh, I wouldn't be too sad. While this spring is very lean, we've had some years in the recent past that looked very much fatter at the same date. The ice step on NR will be good for many years to come. The crossing of the Coleman though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaredSilly Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) I looked at pictures from when we did it the ~1 July 2016 and the conditions look to be about the same. That seemed to be a normal year. So I would say conditions are a month ahead. Edited June 6, 2019 by ScaredSilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 1 hour ago, ScaredSilly said: conditions are a month ahead. Yep, that is about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Any guesses on how long this route will stay in (without a headache of crevasse navigation like later in the summer)? I was hoping to do it in July this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisc88 Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 On 6/6/2019 at 4:05 PM, Steve Roberts said: Any guesses on how long this route will stay in (without a headache of crevasse navigation like later in the summer)? I was hoping to do it in July this year... July is a safe bet for the route. The Coleman Glacier is still in great shape and very easy to navigate at the moment. As mentioned earlier, it seems like we are a few weeks ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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