phthisis Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Trip: [TR] Shasta - Hotlum/Bolam Ridge 5/26/2007 - Hotlum/Bolam Ridge up, Whitney & Bolam down Date: 5/25/2007 Trip Report: Flew down to Sacramento the evening of 5/24, left early 5/25 and drove to Northgate trailhead, arriving ~11:00. Gotta love spring climbing in Northern California - sunny with few clouds, mid-70s. After a couple mile hike through dry winding crazy moss covered trees, we hit the first larger patches of snow, about an hour and a half in. Once on snow pack, we slogged up to around 10,500 where we found a nice tent-site on a rock ridge, cooked up and settled in. Killer views to the North of Oregon. Clear and cold around 20:30, we were able to clearly see our route for the morning. We slept in, setting out at 06:00 on crampons and hiked to about 12,000 before adding helmets and a short rope to the party. There are a number of large icy patches, particularly on the Hotlum, with paths of decent snow. After passing a clear and sunny Headwall, we topped out a little after 11:00. Clear summit and could see in all directions. Watered and fed, we dropped down onto Whitney glacier which had few open cracks and traversed over to Bolam which was also solid and back down to our basecamp. Cooked up again and hiked out, (finally!) reaching the lot at about 17:00. Gear Notes: Helmet, crampons, harness, short-rope. No pickets or other snow pro. Summer bag. Approach Notes: Slog in and out through dry switchbacks, icy patches but glaciers intact with very few cracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 How do you like your BD Skylight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phthisis Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 Tent belongs to my friend who is a big fan. Huge for 2 and still packs in ~4lbs. He had mentioned that one of the internal pole attachment points (velco on seam) was coming off but a dab of glue and all was well. No real wind when we were up but set-up solid with good guypoints.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFDukie Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Nice pics. It was a beautiful weekend on Shasta! Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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