milton Posted June 19, 2001 Share Posted June 19, 2001 Has anyone been up the NE Buttress in recent times? Any useful beta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted June 19, 2001 Share Posted June 19, 2001 I did this winter. It was a 4,000 ft ribbon of ice ~WI 4+. Conditions might be different at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylward Posted June 19, 2001 Share Posted June 19, 2001 Wow, that sounds impressive. Did you ski up the cascade river road to get there? How far up was it open? Could you provide a more detailed trip report of your experience? Would you consider it a worthwhile objective to try in the winter? Or was it hell on earth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotan_of_ballard Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 did it many years ago in mid sept. slept at cascade pass parking lot friday night, with early start sat am made super, flat, roomy bivy ledge along snow arete. sun am climbed 2 pitches on N face of summit rock , traversed to west summit, and were back at road at 4pm. hitched back to car. this descent went so easy relative to the stories I've heard about the other descents I wonder why more people don't descend the W ridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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