winter ascent on mt maudes n face?

[cattalk]

does anybody now if the n face of maude has been climbed in the winter?

[pbelitz]

Yes.

[philfort]

Yes, as in pbelitz knows that it has not.

[Lowell_Skoog]

Ross Peritore and Jason Cassarino climbed the north face on March 22, 2004, then skied it. I believe this was just a day or two after winter ended. (I'm never too clear on when the equinox falls in any particular year.) That's the closest anybody has come to a winter ascent of the north face that I know of. I suspect that Phil is aware of this one.

[dbb]

Yes, as in pbelitz knows that it has not.

 

 

They also skied the Northeast couloir the next day. Amazing awesome trip those guys had in there: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/326329/an//page/0/vc/1

 

but "technically" not winter

[JoshK]

This is one of those cascade routes were the difficulty between doing it in "winter" or "spring" can be decided by using a snow-machine. In other words, if you want the first winter ascent of that route, go rent a snowmobile for a few days.