ncascademtns Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Did Silver Star this weekend via Burgandy Col, Silver Star Glacier. Climbers path up is well beaten. Still spots of snow in the gully going up to the Col. Camped at the Col. (5) bivy sight with one of them big enough for a tent. Second tent was pitched on a patch of snow on the east side of the Col. Route to summit straight forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 how were the snafflehounds?? and that is hardcore to carry a tent up to burgandy col! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncascademtns Posted June 17, 2003 Author Share Posted June 17, 2003 Surprised, none to be seen although I piled rock on all my goodies. I hate camping low on the hillside. Nothing better than a col or ridge to camp on. Views are much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 There were a lot of snafflehounds in evidence in the basin below the col, I and a friend were there for two nights, but none of them got to our food. The col is only just over an hour above the best camping spots even carrying a rack and ropes. Might as well camp in the basin until the bugs get bad. I found a rope half way up the North Face of Burgundy (see Lost and Found). That and a bunch of other shit - popular route to bail off. Bootie Call!! Also did East Face of Chianti which is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 YEAH THAT LITTLE MEADOW IS NICE.....I THINK IF I WERE TO GO BACK UP AGAIN FOR A TWO DAY TRIP, THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER PLACE. YO KNOW THERE WAS A SPRING A FEW HUNDRED YARDS NORTH OF THE BOULDER WITH THE BOLT. CHIANITI IS NEXT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Petersen Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Just got back from a climb of Silver Star via Silver Star creek. I haven't done the Burgundy col route, but this was nice, a leisurely trip in (lots of blowdown but easy to circumvent), a bivouac about tree line and an early 9AM start for the second day. The bugs are not bad yet. The views on the approach are great once you turn the corner. Nice trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coopah Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Good climb which can be bagged in a long day if you leave the road early! Cut your pack weight in half and cruise.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexus Posted June 19, 2003 Share Posted June 19, 2003 Coopah said: Good climb which can be bagged in a long day if you leave the road early! Cut your pack weight in half and cruise.... Tis the only way to do it, unless you want to get some turns in on your trip, then do it as a two-day and carry in the plankers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Is a one day up Silver Star Creek route just as feasible as the one day up Willow Creek route? It looks like a 600' lower start and one-plus extra miles in, but does the more gradual elev gain make up with faster travel? Trail in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexus Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Fairweather, do the col, it is much, much faster. Do the Silver Star Creek, (some brush) if doing it as a two-day event. But just do it in one day. You'll be tired at the end but that makes the beer taste better when you get back to the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncascademtns Posted June 20, 2003 Author Share Posted June 20, 2003 We hit the trail at 11:30am on Saturday and was up to the col at 4:30pm. On a two day trip I was in no rush so we breaked about every thousand feet for about 20 minutes. Given a one day trip, we would have been on the move. Getting to the col at 4:30pm and with a full moon, it was tempting to bag the summit that evening. A 5:30am start on Sunday and we were on the summit by 7:30am (1 hour on summit) and was back to the col around 10:00am. Packed up and was back to the cars at 2:00pm. I think a beer taste better after 2 days than just 1 long day. That's my thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 plexus said: Fairweather, do the col, it is much, much faster. Do the Silver Star Creek, (some brush) if doing it as a two-day event. But just do it in one day. You'll be tired at the end but that makes the beer taste better when you get back to the car I've skied Silver Star several times in one day going up Silver Star creek, and just last week we did Clean Breaks in one day up the creek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Climbing Silver Star via Burgundy col is not a long day. I've skied it twice, going up Burgundy and down Silver Star. We didn't start early, maintained a leisurely pace, and were back to the car by 4:00 or maybe 5:00 both times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman_Clyde Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Anybody done any of the wine spires as a day trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastus Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 (edited) Please tell me there's no need to rope up on that glacier. Edited June 20, 2003 by Rastus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Rastus said: Please tell me there's no need to rope up on that glacier. Ok, there's no need to rope up on that glacier. I never have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncascademtns Posted June 20, 2003 Author Share Posted June 20, 2003 Walk in the Park................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Yes, I've climbed Burgundy as a day trip too. It was not a long day. The camping is nice up there, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman_Clyde Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Re: Silver Star Glacier, last June 8 the only visible glacier-like feature on the route was a snow-filled bergschrund about a foot across. The only visible crevasses were way below the route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Yeah, the only time I was up on silver star I didn't see the point of roping up for the "glacier". Also, MattP is right, silver star is a relaxed day, but I do imagine the bivy up there is mighty pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Thanks for the info all! I'll be up there on Sunday. Hope the weather stays west of the passes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyperu Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 norman... the wine spires are pretty accessable as day trips imo, if comin' up from burgundy cr. startin early makes for doin the hike in the cool morning, then one can chillout take in the veiws, and wait till the sun comes above, then there are many routes to go for some favorites are doing the w. ridge of paisano pinnacle, cool crack climbing up a narrow ridge with nice ledges, and good rock(some lichen), this is a good aproach to the n.side of burgundy, you start rock climbing sooner and the pithches are real fun,( think double and triple cracks on mini headwalls) beats the loose upper aproach to burg col. the rest of burgundy nw face is cool too some funk but good intersting climbing, find the cool lookin squeeze chimmney near the top, and get in there like swimwear and top right out! this scenario gives you a bit of climbing at a mellow pace and timed right in the sun... also goin in from silverstar cr. works too the 1st time up e face of chianti we went this way and were in the sun most of the day rappin in the shade, takin in the veiws at the col then enjoying a nice early evening hike out burg cr. only thing is you gotta hitch back to car @ silverstar creek, but this is usually no problem on weekends. on a side note the camping up there is way worth the burden of hiking you shit up there. bart and i had a good time hikin in from burg cr. in the late afternoon with awesome light on the w.face of silverstar and the wine spires, makin lite bivi @ burg col w amazing sunset, then rise early and climbed e face chablis, s. face pernod, e. face chianti, in the sun, then as the sun moves to the west side hike around back to col, rehydrate, eat then bust nw.face burg in sun, makes for a really cool tour of the area,neat little summits, rad climbing, rich history, on awesome rock,and in the sun all day... good times. also has anyone else done the rt. " rampage" on paisano? cool dihederal midway but i thought everything else kinda blew... including not being able to locate the last pitch on runout lichen to nowhere? just curios on any other perspectives. bobbyp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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