Pro_popper Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Anyone a recent update on approach and route of the Gib Ledges? If weather permits will go on Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I don't think weather is your biggest concern at this point. Â www.csac.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 www.csac.org  What a crappy website.  This one is better: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegV Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Two weeks ago the route was in a superb shape. One concern though, in some places we had to swim in VERY deep snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pro_popper Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hey Oleg, Â I saw the pics. Did you guys brought snow shoes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegV Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 We didn't use snow shoes, and didn't feel like we needed them. We encountered lots of deep snow on the sections of Cowlitz-Gibs (before getting on the ledges) and at Cadaver gap (getting down). It felt almost too steep for snowshoes. The upper section of the mountain didn't have much snow - all well frozen crust. You might need snowshoes to get to Camp Muir though. Â When are you planning your attempt? We might attempt Nisqually Icefall this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barjor Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I'm going up to Muir Saturday. spending the night up there and we will see what I do on Sunday. Thanks for the heads up on bringing snow shoes, was thinking about leaving them at home but not anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_Mineev Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 please post snow conditions when you come back! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barjor Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Fair amount of snow until about 6500 feet after that it was plenty of exposed rocks and ice. I turned around at 7500 due to white out conditions so above that I don't know what the snow conditions are. Total snow depth is about half of what it normaly is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pro_popper Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 We navigated throught the White-Out to higher elevations but turned around because of high accumulation of Windslab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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