Alpine_Tom Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 (edited) Trip: Silver Star Peak - Date: 5/6/2007 Trip Report: Alex Mineev and I headed up there to see what it was like. I've heard that crossing the Icycle is the crux of the climb, but there were half a dozen logs to chose from. There's plenty of snow; we never did find the trail that Nelson talks about, but we slogged up the right side of Burgundy creek until it became obvious we needed to contour more to the right, to head for the col. Left the car around 8:15, got to the col around noon, summited around 2:00, and back to the car around 6:00. The snow's deep and snowshoes were essential. We may have been the first to slog up the Burgundy Creek route this year, but we saw at least ten skiiers descending from the summit, and out the Silver Star Creek route. Man, what gorgeous granite up there on the wine spires! The weather was kind of socked in, so photography wasn't great, but I posted a few here: http://home.comcast.net/~tbreit/ssp.htm Alex brought his high-tech digital Pentax does-it-all SLR, so maybe he'll post some more. Great burgers at Buffalo Run. Gear Notes: snowshoes, ice axes. Approach Notes: Easy to cross the creek. Short approach. Edited May 10, 2007 by Alpine_Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Such a wonderful place. I think the car-to-car SS climb is worth doing....once. BTW, "icycle creek" is actually the headwaters of Early Winters Creek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpine_Tom Posted May 11, 2007 Author Share Posted May 11, 2007 (edited) Such a wonderful place. I think the car-to-car SS climb is worth doing....once. BTW, "icycle creek" is actually the headwaters of Early Winters Creek. Oops. My bad. Sorry. My editor's on vacation this week. That'd be a hell of a creek, though, that ran all the way from Leavenworth to Washington Pass! Edited May 11, 2007 by Alpine_Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt45 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Such a wonderful place. I think the car-to-car SS climb is worth doing....once. I was also there Sunday (on skis). As a ski objective, I think car-to-car SS is worth doing several times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_Mineev Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Burgundy spires Team captain At the col 300ft below the summit Bell and Kangaroo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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