AaronB Posted April 23, 2007 Posted April 23, 2007 Trip: El Dorado - The one with foot prints leading to the summit Date: 4/22/2007 Trip Report: Climbed El Dorado Sunday. Left the car sat around noon and had a rough time postholing all the way from the first talus field up to the ridge. Slept good though and awoke to 1-2 inches of fresh snow. Left the tent around 8am (just in time to follow another party up) ..It didn't seem to help much at times following the other 2 climbers as I still managed to poke my foot another 6 inches down on top of their 18 inches. It just got worse. The clouds never really broke to give us views. We hung out at the summit for about half an hour and finally gave up and descended. The descent seemed to take forever. At times I was thigh deep in the worst snow I've ever walked in. It was truly an experience I will never forget. All in all though it was still better than sitting in Seattle doing homework. We had a good time. Liz had a good time and never complained. I had a good time and complained a lot. Happy to make it back to solid ground after our snow wrestling. View of J-burg from camp. Gear Notes: Poles with Powder buckets. Approach Notes: Snow from the first talus field up. Melting VERY fast. Quote
MisterMo Posted April 24, 2007 Posted April 24, 2007 I very much like your last photo of Joberg; dig it out and enter it in the contest next year. Quote
webnick2007 Posted April 28, 2007 Posted April 28, 2007 The second one looks enticing also. Sweet camp and peak shots! Quote
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