DC or ?May 13-14 Summit Attempt

[Slog]

A friend and I will be making our first Summit attempt of the year in May 13-14. We did DC Route last year Emmons the year before. Lots of rock fall on DC ;-). I see that RMI starts up that same weekend. Looking for suggestions on whether to take DC or Ingraham Direct. Only two of us, We would rather have 4. Interested? Is Gib Ledges out?

[jaee]

At the beginning of this forum is a sticky note w/ a link to the Climbing Conditions page put up by the rangers. It answers all of the ?'s you listed. http://www.nps.gov/mora/climb/climb_cd.htm

 

It shows an ascent by rangers up the ID. It recommends traversing to the DC, however. Gib Ledges is still in as of the 4/26 report.

[Slog]

I see that several groups went up ID last weekend. Did I understand that the route is wanded above the Flats? Did you use pickets? Anyone Summit besides the RMI Guides?

[eternalX]

Nobody summitted on sunday. Many groups sumitted on saturday.

 

ID is wanded but the spacing is pretty far apart. My guess would be that most of the boot track past Cathedral Gap is gone from the wind. With good visibility you might be able to see the wands from pretty far away, but for us on Sunday, it was like 10-20 minutes between wands.