DanP Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 (edited) Climb: Kyes Peak-South Ridge Date of Climb: 6/3/2006 Trip Report: What a fun route with snow and rock on the ridge. I'd say it was mostly class 3 rock and snow scramble this time of year, with some nice exposed class 4 snow climbing on the ridge. It took us 12 hours car to car. 8am to 8pm. 7 hours up, 45 min at summit, 4.25 hours down. Our return was via a 2000 feet of primo glissading (for the two who had shell pants) and foot skiing down the southwest slope to Blanca Lake. This return necessitated crossing the 300-foot wide log jam at the lake outlet, which required some fun route finding and jumping to stay dry. All in all a very fun, varied and scenic route. The Columbia Glacier/Blanca Lake basin is pretty sweet. Gear Notes: Ice Axe, Gaiters, Gloves, Glissading Pants Approach Notes: Lot's o Snow at about 3600 feet. Edited June 7, 2006 by DanP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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