Marko Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Trip: Three Fingers - NE Face attempt Date: 12/10/2009 Trip Report: So's not to further highjack Darin's TR... Snow and ice conditions were nearly ideal. The main ice pitches were not quite as fat as what the FA pictures showed but still plenty of good ice. The crux pitch had some interesting pulling-over-a-bulge-onto-loose-snow bits but Ade styled it anyway. It was a bit slow traveling in the valleys due to no snow cover but not too bad. Temps were brisk, 10-20F I'd say, but with zero wind it was perfect. There were numerous cool looking smears coming down the granite cirque at the head of the approach valley. I'm sure they're all gone now unfortunately. We didn't summit because we were both pretty tired from lack of fitness and from the added work of the bony approach. The lower cirque with cool smears: Ade starting the main ice: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberdinka Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Nice work. Did you depproach via the old route marked in the Becky Guide? Thats some brushy shit or down the death slabs directly below the 3-Finger/Salish col? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 We descended skier's right of Beckey's dotted line. It was horrible brush and cliffs, in the dark! We should have done what Ade wanted to do in the first place and descend the south-facing cliffy slope going down into the approach cirque. It would have probably required one or more rappels off trees but would have been way better than what we ended up doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Sweet! WI4+ seem about right for the first pitch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shapp Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Check out the ice above Martha's Place, Yo! I was just thinking last night, I bet there is a bunch of ice in the cirque near roan wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 WI4+ seem about right for the first pitch? I'd agree. Ade, since you led it what do you think? Check out the ice above Martha's Place, Yo! I was just thinking last night, I bet there is a bunch of ice in the cirque near roan wall. Actually, some of that stuff might still be there, just a bit avi threatened now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Nice job there mates! always wanted to get on that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbb Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Nice work guys! Cool area, eh? It's hard to day trip that one, given all the variables. Even when John and I had the approach all dialed (including steps), we still left the car at 2am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Cool! Looks like a very sweet area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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