Panos Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 (edited) Trip: Dragontail - The white poo of the Dragon Date: 2/24/2008 Trip Report: This trip was such a disappointment! Exited about the recently reported good conditions up on Dragontail NF we hiked up there on Saturday afternoon in good weather hoping that tomorrow weather will stay like this: Alas... right after we set our bivis it started snowing up there. The infamous Dragon throwing up his white poo all night. At about 2AM all of our optimism was gone. Here is Mr Dude showing his appreciation to the weather ... Because new snow was accumulating quickly we decided to reverse our steps. FYI: there were already 15cm of fresh snow and it certainly kept snowing all night. We left the lake at 2:30AM. Returning up there as soon as possible and giving this Dragon the lesson he deserves is now a commitment. . Edited February 25, 2008 by Panos Quote
Cornfed Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 We saw your tracks heading out this morning. By the looks of your accomodations, I understand your early departure now. We were surprised by the plentiful snowfall last night. We were camped half way down the lake and had a 4am wake-up call to try the NE Couloir on Colchuck, which turned to a 6am revised plan just to ski the Colchuck glacier. I'd say your estimate of 15 cm at 2:30am is probably right and it was still whiteout and snowing at 8:30am when we abandoned the plan due to no visibility. Enough snow had fallen that we barely hit the crust on the ski down. Interestingly, it doesn't appear to have appreciably snowed anywhere else in Washington State last night. Quote
kevino Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Yeah, Craig and I appreciated running into you guys on the trail. Quote
Ade Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Me too. I was in the tent you probably passed on the way out near the river crossing past the Colchuck trail junction. I stopped hiking at dark then I realized the weather was going to crap out. Fun times... Quote
AlpineMonkey Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Did you hear me honk in the middle of the night? I appologize Ade. My imature side struck me. Quote
Noodle Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Cornfed and I spotted two climbers belaying pitches up the 2nd couloir of TC at about 4 PM on Saturday while we were out on the lake checking out NBC on Colchuck. Not long after the clouds started engulfing the summit. Anyone know if they made it off okay? Quote
Panos Posted February 25, 2008 Author Posted February 25, 2008 Kevin and I saw only one climber going up TC very high at 06:10PM. It looked like he/she was soloing but it is likely that there was a belayer hiden somewhere lower. It was getting dark and misty at that point and we wonder whether this guy will find his/her way down easily. Later in the night (at about 04:00AM) we saw ADE's tent next to the river and we thought that it was probably the soloist who was taking some rest. I believe everybody is down safe. Quote
racsom Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 I was one of those climbers that you saw on the 2nd couloir. We made it out ok. We had to bivy near the summit and wait for daylight. TR to come soon. Quote
Noodle Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 I was one of those climbers that you saw on the 2nd couloir. We made it out ok. We had to bivy near the summit and wait for daylight. TR to come soon. Nice work! Quote
goatboy Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Can't wait to hear that story! Could this be a possible "epic" for LINK Wayne's site? Quote
Panos Posted February 25, 2008 Author Posted February 25, 2008 Great congratulations to you guys. Thanks for your response. Quote
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