[TR] Mt. Stuart - Stuart Glacier Couloir 4/18/2004

[Otto]

Trip: Mount Stuart - Stuart Glacier Couloir

 

Date: 4/18/2004

 

Trip Report:

I was sorting through a bunch of photos this weekend, and found some from this trip which didn't make it into the original TR. So I thought I'd post up the trip, done in 2004 with Jim Daubert and Jake Larson as a conditioner for a Waddington trip that year.

 

 

From the basin camp

 

The belay at the base of the constriction

 

The good stuff

 

 

Otto and madcap

 

Jim's self timer robot composed a nice one

 

Heading toward the rock ridge

 

Photos by Jim Daubert

Jim must have been busy brushing snow off the rock, as he stopped taking pictures. The upper West Ridge was pleasantly plastered with it. After summiting, and a round of dueling GPS devices, we descended via the Sherpa Glacier.

 

Approach Notes:

via Mountaineer's Creek

Edited January 7, 2008 by Otto

[Serenity]

Thanks for the report. So how did you Waddington trip turn out then?

[Otto]

It was a big success. Climbed two routes from the Dais Glacier, with good weather the whole time. The trip reports are in the B.C. section here, but they've dumped the photos.

[DPS]

Of the half dozen different routes I have done on Stuart, SGC stands out as my favorite.

[pms]

n ridge is best

[ivan]

n ridge is best

word - it's hard to get more scenic then that 'roouuuund here