Table Mtn Area, Death Picnic Stoke/Recon?

[mtngeek]

 

Thur 2-4-10 So after a very long tour out to the Coleman Pinnicle from Heather Meadows, we happened to come back accross iceburge lake and the herman saddle. Table mtn from this angle is impressive, just a massive wall. Has any one done death picinic? Looks to start around 5,000ft. I looked up any info I could find, which wasn't much other than its two pitches, one ice(WI5?), one mixed/snow, N/NE facing, I know most of the season here seems to be hurting but from the lake and the saddle the ice looked pretty darn good, though the upper snow section looks scary at best. From the side it looks like 70-80degrees. Any thoughts?

 

 

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[Alex]

Nice pics, looks like a pefect day for a tour up there! I've never done it myself, only done what you've done: toured past it.

[Don_Serl]

 

 

so, is that a nice deep fracture line i see across the base of the final snow slope, at about 80% height?

[genepires]

the base looks like it hasn't seen a avi for at least a couple of recent snow storms. That line does look a lot like a crown though.

[mtngeek]

Humm good question, If we get another clear snap for a few days might be worth checking out again, as there isn't much else going on for ice, and its around 5,000 so seemed to be hanging in there pretty good.