dan_e Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 Is the gate closed? If not does anyone know if the road is driveable with a 4x4 equipped with chains? THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted March 9, 2001 Share Posted March 9, 2001 Suck it up and hike your ass up the road. Why, when I was your age I hiked it 6 times before I finally snagged Triple C. All I had to get me warm was a baked potato, and that was my lunch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_e Posted March 9, 2001 Author Share Posted March 9, 2001 That's nice Dan, but we are trying for a one day ascent, so we want to insure extra time for the route and the descent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby Posted March 10, 2001 Share Posted March 10, 2001 the route is not in if your talking about triple couloirs, just a bunch of rotten snow and dry rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted March 10, 2001 Share Posted March 10, 2001 the gate is closed until the ranger can reach the trail head. gotta put up the new pay to play signs before the masses who believe in the evil plan get there. you can ski up the road and if you move fast enough you can probably pull it off in a sper long day. bring gingsing. good luck! i have the one day ascent planned out just waiting for some more melt off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whillans Posted March 10, 2001 Share Posted March 10, 2001 true, true.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2001 Share Posted March 11, 2001 quote: Originally posted by gumby: the route is not in if your talking about triple couloirs, just a bunch of rotten snow and dry rock. Were you recently up at Colchuck Lake to see the route? I'm wanting to do the fin route on Dragontail soon. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_e Posted March 12, 2001 Author Share Posted March 12, 2001 We were thwarted on our attempt to do Triple C's in a day. The gate was open, so we chained up and attempted to drive the still snow covered road. After easily making it over some rather large mounds of snow at the entrance we cruised up past the bridge. A ways past this the snow softened up and my truck started digging in. I had to back out the rest of the way, which sucked. So I would forget trying to drive the road unless you have a snowmobile or ATV. The result of all of this was that we lost too much time to try it in a day. We hiked to the trail and in a ways, then turned around. The trail has been well traveled by snowshoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2001 Share Posted March 12, 2001 Edited by the flame patrol. Watch out now! Â [This message has been edited by jon (edited 03-12-2001).] [This message has been edited by jon (edited 03-12-2001).] [This message has been edited by jon (edited 03-12-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted March 13, 2001 Share Posted March 13, 2001 . [This message has been edited by scott (edited 05-23-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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