ivan Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 was up to colchuck a coupe of weeks ago and found deep, dry, unconsolidated snow w/ no trail broken in - anyone know if that's changed lately? i assume the recent warmth hasn't opened up the trailhead road? anyone been in the vicinity lately and have any info to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurthicks Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 was up there yesterday. after a little digging into the berm, the road was driveable for about .5 miles in a Subaru, with a truck and chains i bet you could get a bit more. there is a broken trail, we hiked in without snowshoes as there were 5 people ahead of us. skiing is not the way to go in there at the moment. I'll post pics when i get some time, but let's say that all of us went home empty handed. kurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyselinck Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 You can thank me for the broken trail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCash Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 So what's the scoop? What did you try to climb? Did anything look in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyselinck Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Climbed the Ice Cliff Glacier to the shrund, right before the upper gulley before a storm came in and massive amounts of spin drift forced us back down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 The scoop is nothing looked very 'in'. A lot of exposed rock, very little snow/ice. We had a go at NBC on Colchuck and it did not go for us (we were ropeless). A roped party also turned around at a rock band. I am sure that if you wanted to do some snowy rock climbing there would be plenty to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrogdortheBurninator Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 We hiked up with Dan and Kurt and attempted the NE couloir, snow in the lower couloir was good, but after getting a few hundred feet up, everything above us started sloughing, followed by a small, but still scary avalanche. The couloir itself was well consolidated, and felt very stable. The upper slopes had likely been windloaded the previous night. Luckily the lower couloir did not cut loose when the upper let loose. Anyhow, too much excitement for us and we turned around and headed back to the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurthicks Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 the windslabs up there were anywhere from 1" to 6" or more deep over unconsolidated pow. pretty scary at times. we didn't dig any pits though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 excellent. thanks for the input. looks like sun and warmth this week so the trail oughta stay pretty good and perhaps improve. looks like ice n' snow routes aren't so good now though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L0ngpause Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Nice going Craig , glad to see you did well. Since your foot is frozen and all, can I borrow your bike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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