jonthomp Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 We figured the odds were low with the rain from Friday and Saturday, but decided to go see what we could see. The answer was not much since the fog was thick and snow was falling off and on throughout the morning. This led to an error on the approach where we headed up and right at Source Lake rather than straight ahead as we should have. This led us to near the base of the ridge that divided the north and east aspects, the same ridge one pops out on top of if going the correct way. We found deep snow--about 10" of new on top of water soaked mush on top of a breakable crust on top of a couple feet of granulated sugar. It seemed stable enough to continue, but certainly was a nagging concern and it was nice to be near the crest of the ridge for most of its ascent. We found the route and weren't too excited by what we found. Warm temps and the fact that the bottom rock slabs were exposed due to avalanche activity left us concerned that the remaining hanging snow field leading to the ice might be suspect as well. Given that this was to be our first ever outing on ice, we played it conservative and headed back for the TH. A picture of what we found is below. Perhaps we should have pushed a little higher, but who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skykilo Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 We bypassed that glide crack/bergschrund on the right - it was there in late January '06, probably almost always there. Nothing wrong with bailing, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 You are still alive and have all your parts. That ice looks nice in the corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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