shuksan- upper curtis->hanging->n shoulder al cima

[Timcb]

So I was up on baker's ptarmigan ridge last week and noticed the above link-up as a variation to the fisher chimneys and the standard hell's highway completion. anybody know if it would work out this late in the season? how are crevasses crossing the top of the hanging glacier?

 

I read and re-read the shuksan section of the CAG, but although beckey seems to make several mentions of climbing the n shoulder, I don't see any descriptions of what the climbing is actually like (looseness, rating..). it doesn't look to hard- anyone done it direct, like from the top of the n face or the price? another option would be to try the completion via the yellow rock mentioned at the top of the hanging glacier.

 

thoughts? thanks

[Dru]

he says its 5th class in there somewhere.