sterlingclimber Posted May 16, 2003 Posted May 16, 2003 Anyone have any information on how the DC route is shaping up? Quote
Dulton Posted May 17, 2003 Posted May 17, 2003 Ingram Direct is the way to go, I'm going up that route in about a week if I can find some time between puling all nighters studying, and writing papers (school sux, can't wait for summer). Check out the beta on ID here Mike knows his stuff! Alpine I can taste the summer now if only the weather would cooperate! Quote
Fence_Sitter Posted May 17, 2003 Posted May 17, 2003 Flying_Ned said: Ditto. ID via CG. Â yeah cadaver gap is the shizz! strongly reccommended! anyone wanna hit that up soon as soon as i kick this S.A.R.S. i got? c'mon! Quote
Mike_Gauthier Posted May 17, 2003 Posted May 17, 2003 definitely hit the ID this time of year. it's probably safer and more direct. Â for the benefit of everyone, it's been snowing here in longmire for the past 3 days!!! though little is accumulating, the fact that it's remaining cold and snowing is somewhat odd for may. Â with that said, the upper mountain is also remaining cold, and i think the summer climbing conditions are going to be GREAT this season. there has been a fair amount of late winter and spring snowfall to fill in the gaps from winter. nisqually gl, nisq. icefall, nisq ice cliff, kautz gl, kautz cleaver, kautz headwall and the gib route all look good from the paradise parking lot... sorry i don't have more detailed information to share. perhaps others will as more folks start climbing. Â also, DEFINITELY CONSIDER THE CURRENT AVALANCHE SITUATION. the ONLY way to really do this is to go look for yourself, there is NO forcasting for the upper mountain. as you can imagine, conditions change constantly for each and every route. i think the NWAC posted a special bulletin for the weekend. Â mike Quote
Dulton Posted May 18, 2003 Posted May 18, 2003 Fence_Sitter said: Flying_Ned said: Ditto. ID via CG. Â yeah cadaver gap is the shizz! strongly reccommended! anyone wanna hit that up soon as soon as i kick this S.A.R.S. i got? c'mon! Â Like I said... just a week or so, it'd be cool to get some CC peeps up there! Quote
Mike_Gauthier Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 i took a closer look at the nisqually icefall.... i wouldn't recommend that route anymore this season... Â great boarding on the snowfield today... tons of snow up there, seems like winter. Â mike Quote
ivan Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 any big slots open out on the nisqually yet? thinking of climbing the kautz this weekend as part of denali training, and we want to practice hauling a sled out of a big crack (or was that practice smoking a lot of big crack while sitting on a sled?) sometime soon Quote
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