Ponzini Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 For the benefit of everyone headed to Slesse (as soon as summer arrives in force), I report the following: The Slesse Creek road is 2WD HC right to the end, and the trail is in good shape. The SW and W aspects are almost entirely free of snow, one more week and it'll be gone. The regular route features a 61-1 ratio of vertical feet hiked to vertical feet climbed - good thing we went light! The Heart of Darkness still has lots of ice in it, just in case anyone's interested..... The NE Butt is snow free and looks good, although there is some snow remaining on the lower angled class 3/4 section. The N Rib still has some snow patches. I counted a total of 11 different rap stations on the SW and W aspects of the mountain, so if you're in need of a station look 10 feet in any direction and you'll find one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Navigator Wall pics/condition comments? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 This was about 4 days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleRoss Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Slesse....Yummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_R Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 mmmm... looks good, so have those glaciers tumbled away yet too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponzini Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 We couldn't see the bypass glacier due to fog, but the "North Slesse Glacier" was fully intact...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_R Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Well... I climbed the Ensakwatch enchainment with Arran Scott and Ian Steele yesterday and we got good views (of Slesse at least anyways) and the bypass glacier has avalanched as well! There's still some snow kickin around but it doesn't look like it would pose a problem at all... so as soon as the weather finally gets good... PS. the enchainment we did was a great day out 11.5hrs car to car, and we were moving at a fairly casual speed... if you like climbing clean granite splitters I'd recommend it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_R Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Oh... and I forgot to mention the "north Slesse glacier" is also completely gone except for a bit of the same clingon shit Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Nice work, how much of that time was spent climbing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_R Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 (edited) Thanks. And ummm I dunno, I dont really watch the clock too too closely but we left the car just before 7am and were on the summit of the north spire at 11:15 (we soloed the N ridge) and I think we got down off the west ridge of Rexford at 4ish, so 5 and a half hours I guess... u should go do it, it is a really fun day out pretty easy tick for "D-" because you can very easily bail at either of col's if you're not into continuing... commitment is basically nil Edited July 11, 2005 by Andrew_R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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