neswstar Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Climb: Hood-Leuthold Date of Climb: 6/10/2006 Trip Report: Excellent night for a climb. Down right magical. The moon was so bright no need for head lamps. 6 of us headed out at midnight making great time to illumination saddle. Watched the moon turn deep orange before setting. Dropped onto the Reid - it was still dark. Dropped below the craveasses so we did not have to trust the bridges. Seems we were the only ones on that side - saw no one until the summit. The shute was a bit icy - some mixed moves (ha, ha) but the ice was not good enough to hold a screw. Used pickets - but I think mostly so our fearless leader could dump some weight. Very minimal rock/ice fall. Due I think, to perfect timing. Watched the mounatian shadow shrink as we made our way to the Queens chair. The rest was a slow cruise with nice firm snow and easy steps over the final travere. We watched one of the guide services drop down the old shute - so we decided to avoid the traffic through the gates and go the same way. It actually looked a lot easier than the cluster we witnessed around the shrund once we got down. Great day out!! Gear Notes: 6 pickets, 2 screws, mlu, 2nd tool, sun screen and lots of it, mike's chocolates Approach Notes: Nice firm snow the whole way - put our crampons on at the Silcox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottgg Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Cool climb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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