sean_beanntan Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Sorry i did not to post this for the sunday climbers but here are the conditions for saturday surface cooling and medium 15-25mph, winds produced a good breakable crust with boot pen to 6-8". Coming down from the summit there is a good bootpack to palmer. Most climbers using left chute. right chute of pearly gates in great condition. Decended using west crater rim to hogsback. Great conditions on decent, good boot pack on accent. Under surface crust is about 18" of sugar with little consolidation. Recent warming producing wet slides on Thursday and Friday. Just to recap, the right chute of the Pearly gates does not have a 70 degree ramp as reported, its a small WI2 series of 3 steps about 4 ft each. No biggie if you can climb alpine ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_beanntan Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Quick note, been seeing some climbers placing vertical pickets below the Pearly gates on Saturday. These pickets were placed in snow consisting of a ice crust and sugar snow. Hmmmmm......try using T slots with a vertical backup if you want the anchor to do its job and hold a fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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