Juan Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Does anyone have a clue whether the std. N. Face route on Buckner is still accessible? Big schrund at the bottom? Can the snow be skirted on rock easily enough? Any recent beta would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John Sharp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Click it for a bigger version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Posted August 22, 2006 Author Share Posted August 22, 2006 Wow. Assuming this is recent, I'd like to report to the proper authorities that someone stole the snow route. Amazing. Thanks for this! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpine_Tom Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Wow! So much for the heavy snow year! I've never seen it that melted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 totally gone as of 2 weeks ago. From the summit looking down it was tough to imagine the route even being there. From the fairly high snow levels this spring, things have melted out super fast all over the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrgo Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I was under the impression that the N Face melts out to the point that you wouldn't want to do by early summer every year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleRoss Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 It is interesting that for how big of a winter we had how bare and dry everything is. I think that the warm dry spring really hammered everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I climbed it in excellent conditions in September about 4-5 yrs ago....in a moderate snow years.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skykilo Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 That looks like it could be really fun to climb after a September storm, at least to this retard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 The winter wasn't really that "big"... I think snowpack was just around average by the time spring rolled around. It just seemed big because there weren't any pineapple expresses from Christmas on, and we built snow pack earlier rather than later... Buckner's gone, Spider's gone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skykilo Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Where'd they go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 George W. Bush stole them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skykilo Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Well, I'm sure glad I already skied those peaks. 1-800-skykilo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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