Chair Peak?

[bronyraur]

Hey does anybody have beta on what the N. Face of Chair Peak might be looking like this weekend? Thanks

[summitchaserCJB]

Bad(?) I haven't been up there in a while though.

[Buckaroo]

Hey does anybody have beta on what the N. Face of Chair Peak might be looking like this weekend? Thanks

 

Well I haven't climbed Chair in a few years but if I was going to here's what I would look at.

 

First I would go to the 10-day past weather data on NWAC for Snoqualmie pass here

 

http://www.nwac.us/weatherdata/snoqualmiepass/10day/

 

the temps for 3800 ft, considering Chair's base is about 5,700 ft, show a warm trend a couple days ago and a cooling trend today. Which is just what you want. You want like a max 32F for a high at 3800'.

 

Then I would look at the avalanche forecast on the same NWAC site

 

here

 

http://www.nwac.us/forecast/avalanche/current/zone/3/

 

which shows moderate to low avalanche danger, so that's good and the approach and route may be well consolidated which is what you want. I would read the text also cuz it may hold clues about snow climbing conditions.

 

then I would look at the mountain weather forecast on the same site to see if the weekend is favorable, here

 

http://www.nwac.us/forecast/weather/current/

 

after that I might confirm the forecast with NOAA or weatherunderground.

 

Then I would post to Cascade Climbers and see if anyone climbed it yesterday or today.

[summitchaserCJB]

Ya that is why I said bad because its a high of something like 40 F at Snoqualmie pass itself.

[genepires]

Even with the temps that are a bit warm, it may still be cold over there on the n face. When we went up there a while ago, I thought it was warm in the lot but it was butt ass cold on the face itself. Plus it seems like people are still getting on ice routes when the weather is good.

 

While not a sure thing, I think the probability of the route being there is good enough to warrant the hauling of gear over there. If the route is not there, you have the option of the NE buttress or the standard route up.

 

let us know what you find if you go.

[Dane]

It was fine yesterday. Be even better/colder today. Weekend should be decent as well. I'm at 800' on Tiger mtn and have had hard frosts a few mornings, including this morning.

 

Go get some.

[bgratias]

We went up it today. It was my first time, but there seemed to be plenty of ice. We got a really late start, but never had any problem with the temperature. It would've had been nice to if we could have skied in, but our bootpack goes right to the base of the route now.