Success Couloir??

[fritzsperry]

Has anyone done this. Thinking about skiing it in the spring. Anyone have any photos. Thanks

[Terry_McClain]

Success Colouirs show from Indian Henry's

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=15290&size=big&sort=1&cat=503

 

Success Cleaver from 10,500 if this helps...

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=15291&size=big&sort=1&cat=503

[Pandora]

I climbed the Central Success Couloir on the 4th of July this year and thought it was a fun route. The slopes were no steeper than 45 degrees, but fairly icy. I've heard it is a great ski in the right conditions, though.

[JBC]

I have also done the Middle Finger of Success. It should be very skiable in the spring. It does get icy & rocky later in the year. Rockfall can be a real problem if it warm. (The nearest I have come to getting creamed in the mountains was in the Middle Finger!) There can also be a pretty good crevasse at the bottom. I am sure that the right hand would be skiable as well.

 

Jim

[fritzsperry]

Any more pics would be great

 

Thanks

[knelson]

Kind of a distant view, and at the wrong time of year for you, but it might be worth something for you...

 

 

You can get the bigger file here:

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/509/6055DSC01582.JPG

 

Picture was taken early August 2003 from the little knob just north of Pyramid Peak (~6600').

 

-kurt

[Duchess]

Wow. Now that is one good-looking mountain!

[JoshK]

So is the obvious broad rocky ugly shoulder the success cleaver itself? I have had some interest in the cleaver for a while due to its looong ridge up to the summit and lack of glacier travel.

[Pandora]

Josh, yep that's it. The shot looks directly up Success Cleaver. I highly recommend going when it's snow-covered, unless of course you enjoy scrogging through kitty litter.

 

Here are a couple of photos I took during a climb of Central Success Couloir on the 4th of July 2005.