PLC Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Trip: Mt. Shuksan - Fischer Chimneys Date: 8/9/2009 Trip Report: Just an fyi on the current conditions on Mt. Shuksan: it's dry. The Chimneys themselves are very straight forward and completely dry. Easy scrambling. However, Winnie's slide contains hard snow and some exposed ice; there's also a pitch or two of ice (with frozen gravel) getting onto the upper curtis glacier. Finally, Hell's highway (see photo) is pretty broken up at the base. There's an easy ramp through the steep section, but you may not be able to access this ramp much longer. The snow bridge which was being used looked like it would not last more than another day or two... In other words, there are late September conditions already... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinomyte Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Wow! The highway has really broken all to hell over the last few weeks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 (edited) Compare this to some shots from Mid-July of this year: Amazingly quick meltout. That dry heat spell really wreaked some havoc up there. [img:left]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/medium/Fisher_Chimneys_035.jpg[/img] [img:left]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/medium/Fisher_Chimneys_040.jpg[/img] Edited August 15, 2009 by goatboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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