Lafayette Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 Hi Gang, Hoping to gain some wisdom from the CC collective. I'm looking to continue my peak bagging that started this summer. My question is that as we get into fall and winter where can I start looking? Are the glaciers on the big mountains too broken up to be passable? Any ball park estimates on when the snow pack makes them passable again? Cheers, W Quote
ivan Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 dunno 'bout you but at the moment i'm hoping to climb the turkey monster and the picnic lunch wall routes 'fore dec 21 - getting a run up the n face of hood, now that the road up, is high on the list too. if you're peak bagging, and i assume then looking for easy routes, most of the peaks in the enchantments will serve for fall, and in winter hood will work well. Quote
mountainsloth Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 i would recommend staying away from the large glaciers. Stick to low-land peaks, enchantments, and maybe some NE stuff in the Pasayten wilderness. Check out some of the TRs of recent from Tvash in the area. Cool stuff! Quote
Sol Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 Der Sportsmen should be in primo shape right now. Quote
BlackRock Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 Der Sportsmen should be in primo shape right now. Last weekend while heading over the pass towards Vantage there looked to be snow on most of Stuart. Not sure how low it went but my guess is most of the enchantments got a dusting. Prusik might be low enough though. Anybody got any pictures of the enchantments lately? Quote
cbcbd Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 NE face of Eldorado, Mesahchie was excellent last year... Look for north facing things that just need a little bit of snow. Up to this weekend the snow line was at about 4K', but it is supposed to warm up this week to freezing levels above 10K', so hold off on fall for some. Quote
DPS Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 How would the Entiat Icefall on Mt Maude be this time of year? Any guesses? Quote
jshamster Posted October 5, 2009 Posted October 5, 2009 Only a guess (which you asked for), but I bet it will be super fun. It's on my list for sometime or other. Quote
Le Piston Posted October 5, 2009 Posted October 5, 2009 Here's a picture from Ingalls Lake area from Saturday. It appeared the Enchantments got a dusting from what little I could see. Quote
Sol Posted October 5, 2009 Posted October 5, 2009 Der Sportsmen should be in primo shape right now. Last weekend while heading over the pass towards Vantage there looked to be snow on most of Stuart. Not sure how low it went but my guess is most of the enchantments got a dusting. Prusik might be low enough though. Anybody got any pictures of the enchantments lately? I would give prusik a month or more of climbable season once stuart gets shut down. I've flown through the range in february and everything was covered in snow and ice except the s face of prusik which was sunny and snow/ice free. Quote
Dirtyleaf Posted October 6, 2009 Posted October 6, 2009 I'll second the early/late climbable status of Prusik. Climbed SF in May this year and it was completely dry/snow free. Quote
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