JoshK Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 I know good and well the trail to colchuck lake has been beat to death and boottracked, but what about the split going towards stuart lake? Does anybody know if there is a beat trail going that direction? -josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 A bootpath goes that way at the Colchuck Lake Trail junction. Don't know how far the bootpath extends. But, come on Josh, it aint that far to the lake anyway (few miles). In the cold of morning the bootpath isn't necessarily needed anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted April 24, 2003 Author Share Posted April 24, 2003 No, you're right, It was early and I was thinkin' lazy THe more I thought about it it dawned on me that from the junction, it's much easier (mostly flat) to stuart lake than to colchuck lake. My only real concern would be any potential wallowing up the moraine and glacier to to beneath stuart, but as you say, cold of morning should work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Come to think of it, last Saturday we met two guys camped out on the trail before the junction. They told us they were going off to climb the Ice Cliff Glacier Route on Mt. Stuart. They were asking us if they needed snowshoes and we told them no way. It was noon when we saw them, so they may have also helped to create the bootpath to Lake Stuart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-rock Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Sorry if this is a dumb question, but when do they start requiring overnight permits for this area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted April 24, 2003 Author Share Posted April 24, 2003 I *think* it's may 15, but I defintiely could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-rock Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Thanks, you are right, May 15th. Got off my lazy ass and did a web search, duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Really? Wow. I was up there (Colchuck and Enchantments) in early June last year and the rangers told me that I did not need an overnight permit. (Or maybe I just needed the self-issued one at the trailhead because they weren't doing quotas yet?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Carry minimal bivy gear, get a day pass for each day you will be out, and lie, lie, lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 Yeah, I thought permit requirements were June 15 to October 15. Could be wrong, but I think we went up in early June a couple years ago to do W. Ridge of Prusik to avoid permit issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szyjakowski Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 nolanr said: Yeah, I thought permit requirements were June 15 to October 15. Could be wrong, but I think we went up in early June a couple years ago to do W. Ridge of Prusik to avoid permit issues. may15 to oct15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I'm half right anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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