Glacier Pk/kennedy glacier TR

[robertjoy]

On the pack-in our party of four from Portland passed several teams who were weathered off on Saturday. Sunday was perfect weather, and we found the glacier to be in great condition: all crevasses were very obvious, and snow was firm, but not icy. We traversed to the right around the final bergschrund, and then varied the std route a mite by going higher on the right and then traversing back to the center just beneath the large rock outcrop, not the small one just below. Conditions were rather icy on this exposed section over the "headwall". Icy conditions also on the final pitch to the summit, most teams were using screws to protect the descent.

The route is so beautiful ! Why do 9 out of 10 groups go up Frostbite Ridge?

[dkemp]

Nice! It is a beautiful route, isn't it?

 

Congrats on your climb.

Dox

 

[Attitude]

The weather really wasn't that bad Saturday. It was cool (~35F) and windy (30 mph) but the rain stopped mid morning and you popped out of the clouds at around 10k. The summit was sunny. For teams with their navigation systems dialed in, it was doable.

[mike_holman]

Hey Robert, almost like last time, eh? Hope you took Frostbite for the down escalator. Beats me why people seem to think Frostbite is interesting when the Kennedy is right in their face on the way up.