jpark42 Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 Anyone have an idea on what it looks like? Quote
G-spotter Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 Tryin' to form. Marc probably has a pic. Quote
dberdinka Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 Saw the following pic from Sunday on the internet.... http://www.alpinestateofmind.com/Adventures/Mount-Baker-2009/9858019_b8jir#670651699_3nPzh-A-LB Quote
marc_leclerc Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 aha... nevermind my comment on your TR Quote
alpinebumm Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 What's the approach like on colfax? Do you need a lot of glacier crossing experience? Quote
kurthicks Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 i wouldn't go up there unprepared for sure. 'tis a dangerous time to be on the glaciers with new snow obscuring slots. it looks like the second ice step isn't ready yet anyways, but i remember thinking that the second step can be bypassed on the right on easy looking choss. Quote
dan_e Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 JP and I went up on Sunday to check out Colfax with gear in hand knowing the route wasn't in (fully that is). We confirmed that the second ice tier is not there, however it's starting from. The route should come in soon if there are no major warm-ups. A tad more snow would might not hurt. We bailed and ended up having another great day of climbing Seracs. We found a pretty big one higher up and it was surrounded by lots of crumbling ice (lots o' spooky cracking sounds). Quote
Dane Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 No idea about Colfax but made the drive up to Mowick lake TH on the n side of Rainier yesterday morning and a 6 to 8" of hard rain pack at the gate (closed btw) and a LOT more in the last 1000 foot to the lake by the looks of it. Mtn look plastered. Bet the climb would be awesome with a little sun. Quote
kurthicks Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 heard today that the second WI step isn't formed. Quote
Skatan Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 Thanks for the update. Dane what route or routes are you thinking could be good if blessed by the sun on mowich side? Quote
Gaston Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 I went skiing up on Heliotrope today. The Cosley Houston looks a little better than when the last reports came in. It looked good enough that I would go up there...if it weren't about to pour rain and then snow for a week. Quote
Choada_Boy Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 I spent the day in the seracs yesterday and hiked out to the toe of the Coleman on my way back to scope out Colfax. I agree that the route is in, and most probably at the high end of it's difficulty. Baker's getting hammered right now, but if anyone's looking for a partner for after this storm cycle, send me a PM. Quote
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