Shuksan

[yellowdog]

Has anyone been up Shuksan via the Sulfide route lately?

[PONCHO&LEFTY]

No, but there is snow up there in the gully and such.

Out.

[PaulB]

Does anyone have a guess at how far up road 1152 you could drive these days? I've never been into Shuksan from the south, but I'm thinking of going next weekend.

[JoshK]

I know this isn't what you were looking for, but I was up there around this time last year, and you could drive to within 3 miles of the trailhead. Remember last year was a heavy snow year with a particularly high amount of snow at the lower elevations. My educated guess would be you could get pretty close to the trailhead, maybe within a mile. Again, that's just a guess, so don't rely on it for any real planning.

 

It's a great time of year for the sulphide glacier route. Take skis, it's an awesome ski outing, and the summit pyramid was great neve last year, rather than a loose rock gully.

[genepires]

I was up there about three weeks ago and we could drive to within .5 miles of the trailhead. It would be a safe bet that you could drive all the way now. I bet that much of the old road/trail before the clear cut is snow free too.

 

We didn't go any higher that the saddle so I don't know what the rest is like. But I did go up to the summit some years ago in late june (after the record snow winter) and the summit gulley was still full of snow. That is a very "interesting" experience. Steep sloppy snow. I would bring rock gear to protect it as the snow pro was worthless. I would expect the same conditions now as it was back then. Enjoy!