PackOnMyBack Posted September 28, 2001 Posted September 28, 2001 Does anyone have any information about, or been up the Sulphide Glacier recently. Would like to give it a shot this weekend. Any and all information about the route above high camp would be appreciated! Quote
sverdina Posted September 28, 2001 Posted September 28, 2001 I'm not sure what condition it's in, though I doubt it would pose much of a problem. Are you going solo? I had intended to do Shuksan this wkend...but plans fell through. Need a partner? Quote
fleblebleb Posted September 29, 2001 Posted September 29, 2001 I was up there two weeks ago, it's sweet - very different than it is earlier in the season but just as nice a climb. The trail up Shannon Ridge is in good condition, it was easy to lose in the shrubs in June but not any more. Or maybe we just lost it because we were going up kinda early. The worst part of the hike is from the Ridge up to the Sulphide, it has some dusty trail, some boulder fields and some (very low) angle slabs. The Sulphide itself isn't at all cut up. Once you're up to high camp, just keep left until you're past the steep slope, then turn east and go for the summit pyramid. The summit pyramid itself has no snow on it whatsoever. It's nice to have a rope to rap down if you don't like downclimbing, but other than that it is pretty much a scramble. Quote
sverdina Posted October 3, 2001 Posted October 3, 2001 Ditto to what fleblebleb said. I was up there this past Sat. The glacier is in pretty good condition...not terribly direct though easily navigable. We made it to about 7500ft & turned back thanks to some less than desireable weather. From what I could tell from my vantage point this past Sun/Mon, Shuksan was out in all its glory again...that's just how it goes I guess. Anyway, 'am looking for someone to go back up there this Thursday with. Quote
Jarred_Jackman Posted November 6, 2001 Posted November 6, 2001 Have any of you seen or been on the Shuksan Arm as far as Winnie's Slide? I'm thinking of taking the Arm all the way to the glaciers and heading up Hell's Highway later this winter but I haven't found anyone who's seen it. I don't know whether the rocks are crossable in the winter, they weren't too inviting this last summer. Jarred Quote
sverdina Posted November 15, 2001 Posted November 15, 2001 With improving weather I am once again entertaining the prospect of climbing Shuksan this Saturday. Considering the Sulphide GL route. Looking for interested parties... Quote
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