minx Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 anyone been up there in the last week or so? how much snow? how far down the trail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForrestCL Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I was up there about 2 weeks ago. Reached snow around Lena Forks campsites. South Coulier - trail up to base of climb had off and on snow. Coulier still filled in well with snow. North Brother - Up the East Fork of Lena Creek had snow turning to "fun" bushwack at end of the valley. From the South Brother summit the Great Basin still looked to contain alot of snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PVD Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I climbed the standard route on June 23, and conditions were pretty good. There was just a little snow on the upper trail, and patchy snow around the creek where the climbers' path leaves the trail and heads up. The broad, lower slope beyond the "nose" was completely covered in snow. The upper couloir also was totally coated, with moats between snow and rock in a couple of places. I used axe and crampons, as hard snow below the soft surface made it difficult for me to kick reliable steps or plunge step on the way down the couloir. I found that a fire in 2006 has made the bushwacking a bit more tedious than it was previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 According to a coworker of mine who went up 2 weeks ago: "Snow spotty-moderate along the ‘climbers trail’ after lena lake to the base of the ascent. Snow all the way up the ascent starting around 3200-3300 feet until just before the summit scramble. It was pretty wet on the way down, near the summit we could have used crampons – it was steep (50-55) and icy at parts. We didn’t put ours on in part because we were evading a pissed off mountain goat…. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 sounds perfect. could someone go clear all that annoying brush out of the way for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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