bedellympian Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Trip: North Sister - E ButtressTrip Date: 12/28/2019Trip Report: Pole Creek TH is currently accessible with a high clearance/4wd, some rutted snow and slick spots, but pretty easy. Good skin tracks from the TH to Middle and North with minimal snow pack (2 hrs to the base of North's E Butt). Some icy spots but mostly nice wind packed snow. Lower E Butt has some ice and neve on it. The upper is dry and has unconsolidated snow. Enough to slow you down but not enough of it to be a wallow. We traversed off and descended Early Morning Couloir due to time. Some split boarders were playing around on the NE aspect while we climbed but I would not recommend the lower portion of that aspect due to exposed rocks and icy patches. Take home: In general people should stop repeating the same routes on Hood and explore a bit... Gear Notes: Some pitons, a couple screws, some rock gear.Approach Notes: Skis FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedellympian Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Here are some bad pics to prove we were there and shiz like that... 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diepj Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Looks Schweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaredSilly Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Nice ... gotta love early winter and low snow 4x4 approaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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