mrd Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Have anyone recently climbed Whitney or Hotlum-Bolam glaciers on Shasta? What are the current conditions? Any pictures? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minddoc Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Good question. check out Http://www.shastaavalanche.org/reports.htm Most of the couloirs are turning to ice really fast. I would think Shasta is doing the same. It sounds like some of the guides are using ice screws for part of the climb. So, it might not be such an easy walk up any more. I'm heading there next weekend. It looks like there will be more melt off this week as 100's for temps in the valleys, and 90 up here in Truckee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minddoc Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I went up last weekend. The glacier is mostly ice now. But it made for good climbing. Coming down was slow. Oh, we were the only two on the mountain. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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