Colin Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 I'm sure there were a bunch of people up there. Did anyone take a digital (or otherwise easy to post) picture of the N Face of Dragontail this past weekend (26-27)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 I did, but in order to see it you are going to have to spill the beans as to what you were doing up in the Stuart Range this weekend, punk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 I took a few, including some closer shots of the aspects facing the snowfield between Colchuck and Dragontail. Still lots o' ice runnels on that aspect. I'll see if I can post them within a day or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted April 28, 2003 Author Share Posted April 28, 2003 Haha, Alex, OK. Forrest and I climbed the NW Face Couloir on Stuart on Sunday, after hiking in on Saturday. It was a route I'd been eyeing for a while, and I thought it was pretty cool. I think that it will come into better condition in the weeks to come (with more consolidation of snow and formation of ice). As of now, I think I'd call it AI3X - only AI3 because it was low-angle, but "X" because it was pretty thin. We didn't take snowshoes, and I think that it was just barely the right choice. By the next weekend, I think that not taking snowshoes will undeniably be the way to go. From the tracks we saw it looked like a couple guys climbed the Stuart Glacier Couloir Thurs-Fri. Alrighty - now how 'bout those pictures guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tod Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 A buddy of mine and I climbed Dragontail/TC yesterday. No pictures, but the look, conditions and route were exactly the same as when iceguy and dbb were up there on 4/20, great snow/ice/alpine conditions. It's snowed a few times in the last week, and there was new snow/powder from the lake to the summit. Some nice deep powder from the Aasgard pass elevation up. They've got pictures in the Alpine Lakes Forum, Triple Couloirs - 4/20/03 post. They've also got a great TR with pictures on dbb's website here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Hey: I just posted some pictures of Dragontail over in the gallery that I'll link-up here as well. I've got a few other shots of the aspect that you pass by on your way up the Colchuck Glacier, so let me know if you want any close-ups of those aspects and I'll upload them. The Mountains put on quite a show that afternoon - We watched at least a dozen avalanches roar down various sunlit aspects between about 5:00 and 7:00 PM on Saturday Evening.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Colin said: We didn't take snowshoes, and I think that it was just barely the right choice. By the next weekend, I think that not taking snowshoes will undeniably be the way to go. From the tracks we saw it looked like a couple guys climbed the Stuart Glacier Couloir Thurs-Fri. We met some people in that area on saturday or sunday that said they had met (sounds like bad gossip, eh) the guys who had attempted stuart glacier coulior. Apparently they bailed due to lots of new unconsolidated snow or some such. This is third hand so beats me if it's the same party or even true at all. We had hope to get ice cliff glacier (originally planned for sutart glacier coulior) today but it rained hard and steady for 3 or 4 hours this morning. I think the decision to call of the climb was justified when the clouds finally parted somewhat and I could see what appeared to be several hundred feet of rock/ice littered below the left side of the ice cliff that appeared new. Not sure what happend, if it was a serac collapse, etc. but I'm glad I wasn't there when it went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Colin said: Alrighty - now how 'bout those pictures guys! Here is a (reduced) version of what I sent Colin. Its another shot of Tod's party, but you can barely see them in this one. Cheers, Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szyjakowski Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 those pics of dt look mightee scrumdittelyumptious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rymac Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 josh, that's a bummer you guys got rained out on stuart...as if dragontail and colchuck weren't enough for one weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvs Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 nice pic Alex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted April 30, 2003 Author Share Posted April 30, 2003 JoshK said: "I think the decision to call of the climb was justified when the clouds finally parted somewhat and I could see what appeared to be several hundred feet of rock/ice littered below the left side of the ice cliff that appeared new. Not sure what happend, if it was a serac collapse, etc. but I'm glad I wasn't there when it went. " Forrest and I were lounging in the tent Saturday afternoon, when we suddenly heard a very loud noise, that couldn't have been wind or an airplane. I popped my head out of the tent door, and saw a giant ice-cloud avalanche-type-thing blasting out from the moraine below the ice cliff glacier. I snapped a couple pictures, and then closed the tent door as the ice-mist enveloped our tent (which was way down near the marsh, by the way). After a minute I looked out and you could see where a serac had broken off. It was exciting, but a bit scary at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Colin said: Forrest and I were lounging in the tent Saturday afternoon, when we suddenly heard a very loud noise, that couldn't have been wind or an airplane. I popped my head out of the tent door, and saw a giant ice-cloud avalanche-type-thing blasting out from the moraine below the ice cliff glacier. I snapped a couple pictures, and then closed the tent door as the ice-mist enveloped our tent (which was way down near the marsh, by the way). After a minute I looked out and you could see where a serac had broken off. It was exciting, but a bit scary at first. Yikes...I don't feel so bad leaving empty handed now. As if that ice cliff isn't imposing enough the cornice at the top of the exit coulior looks mighty threatening too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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