jmace Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Didnt there used to be a great topo of the crossover descent here or on bivouac..? I cant seem to find it..or anything with great detail on the descent.. Any one have any recent beta on the North Slesse glacier..? Do you need crampons to get onto the N Rib ? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Somebody told me it was gonna rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 well just in case they are wrong..Sunday is showing some promise with a slower arrival of the wet stuff, like Monday. will see I geuss see you in a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Point your little feet downhill nd walk that way avoiding all shrubberies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 McClane's description should get you down. But you could also get wicked lost. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Im not too worried, but thought fer sure someone had posted this well drawn out topo somewhere..geuss not. we'll see just asking about it proabably upset the weather gods and now it will rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 last time i was talking to KM about it he said just take a digicam up with you, shoot pics of the descent from the route, then view them on the way down and avoid all the bushes and cliffs that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Ok so for starters my info is from the early 90s. We came down by Crossover peak and it was a pretty hairball descent. We had ice axes but only wimpy hiking shoes. The descent was on hard snow that you could barely kick into with the shoes we had. We made it down, but there was a lot of stress involved. You have to traverse past a couple big chunks of stone with nasty fall potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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