telemarker Posted May 25, 2009 Posted May 25, 2009 Trip: Enchantments - Prusik S. Face, Burgner/Stanley Route Date: 5/24/2009 Trip Report: Geoff Cecil and I took yesterday to climb the B/S route. Incredible route. Forgot how fun it was. The route's totally dry. We did it in 4 pitches, in four hours. Lots of people out there, in fact, tons seiging Colchuck, Dragontail and Annapurna. Around Prusik? Two! Quote
genepires Posted May 25, 2009 Posted May 25, 2009 only two on colchuck n buttress coulior. did you guys get the west ridge in too? Quote
Sol Posted May 25, 2009 Posted May 25, 2009 Nice! That first shot gives a great view of Der Sportsmen. Quote
telemarker Posted May 25, 2009 Author Posted May 25, 2009 only two on colchuck n buttress coulior. did you guys get the west ridge in too? Was it you and your friend I chatted with on the hike up to the lake? We topped out and the day was too nice to be in a hurry to get back down to do another lap! So we just hung out and soaked up the ambience. Quote
telemarker Posted May 25, 2009 Author Posted May 25, 2009 Nice! That first shot gives a great view of Der Sportsmen. We spied that line walking underneath it. It pretty much runs directly up to the top of the W. Ridge slab?? Quote
Sol Posted May 25, 2009 Posted May 25, 2009 Nice! That first shot gives a great view of Der Sportsmen. We spied that line walking underneath it. It pretty much runs directly up to the top of the W. Ridge slab?? you might be thinking of solid gold, which tops out a bit before the w ridge slab. der sportsmen tops out on the summit and basically takes the arete of the south face, near the sun/shade line in you photo. you can see the final splitter finger crack to chimney pitch on top. Quote
telemarker Posted May 26, 2009 Author Posted May 26, 2009 Nice shots. How was the snow on the approach? The snow approach was great in the morning, made all the more efficient since we could still walk over the west margin of Colchuck Lake, but just barely. By the late afternoon, we were postholing. Postholing over Colchuck Lake is a bit eerie, and we bailed to shore towards the end. Quote
tazz Posted May 27, 2009 Posted May 27, 2009 great climb and pics! What a great weekend to be in the Enchantments! Crossing the lake was Freaky! I was sinking in water in spots with my snowshoes. I did notice that the ice itself in most spots was at least 18" to 24" thick still. Quote
n1madman Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 It was good to "share" prusik with you guys on such a fine day. The west route was fine but you guys definitely made the right choice. Thanks for posting pics I am too lazy to do myself. Quote
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