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Jim

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Thinking of going up the tourist route on Sloan via Bedal Creek. I've done the west face a while ago so don't quite remember the bottom of the ramp. Is is possible to scamper across the top of the glacier to acess the ramp alone? Appreciate any beta.

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Sunday I descended via the Ramp Route back to Bedal Creek, and it is a route which it makes sense to solo (as opposed to the Sloan Glacier route).

 

The route is as described in the Green Beckey book. The interesting points

 

1) are getting from the snow to the rock of the lower ramp (there is at least one snow bridge here that is very solid)

 

2) The slabs of the lower ramp are easy to climb up, but you might want to make a rappel on the descent.

 

3) There is a 5th class short pitch getting from the lower ramp to the corkscrew trail in an open book. We were glad to be able to rappel that.

 

So carrying a rap rope may be a good idea.

Have fun! cantfocus.gif

 

 

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