Lake Julius cond's

[Alex]

From a friend of mine...

 

 

1/11/04 - I was up at Scottish Lakes skiing for the

weekend and decided to go check out the climbs. It

took us about 1-1/2 hours to approach from Scottish

Lakes High Camp to the far side of the lake on

snowshoes. The lake was frozen and we crossed it. It

took a while to get across the creek that feeds the

lake (on the west). [beta: We found a crossing after

looking, but **if** the lake is frozen it would be

better to walk across the lake until on the south side

of the creek and then head into the woods.] The

boulder field below the climbs has a lot of

unconsolidated snow and you can punch through still.

The central climb was in good shape - fat, blue water

ice with lots of snow at the top. The lines to the

left and right were probably climbable but could still

use more time. I'd caution that the approach conditions,

especially crossing the lake may have changed with the

recent warming. There are lots of other seeps and

drips in the cirque but nothing except the flow in the

book would be worth the trip.

[mattp]

I worked up there for six or eight years, and I don't believe there was ever any problem crossing the lake between December and April.