Sol Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 wondering if anyone made it up to colchuck lake and/or aasgard this weekend? hows the snow? post-holing? boot-pack? pics? any info appreciated, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Con Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 nwhikers trip report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OlympicMtnBoy Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 We went up Aasgard on Friday evening. There were frequent sluffs caused by rockfall off Dragontail and surrounding peaks, but it was ok except for crossing a few chutes. Some aspects were slushy up to mid calf level. In the upper Enchantments it got cold enough to form a crust you could almost walk on, but that went away shortly after the sun hit and we were glad to have snowshoes. In the lower Enchantment it was a bit better with snowshoes optional and the snow mostly disappeared below the Snow Lakes. I should have had my firn gliders up there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Larry Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 We went up Aasgard on Friday evening. There were frequent sluffs caused by rockfall off Dragontail and surrounding peaks, but it was ok except for crossing a few chutes. Some aspects were slushy up to mid calf level. In the upper Enchantments it got cold enough to form a crust you could almost walk on, but that went away shortly after the sun hit and we were glad to have snowshoes. In the lower Enchantment it was a bit better with snowshoes optional and the snow mostly disappeared below the Snow Lakes. I should have had my firn gliders up there! I was amazed to see you guys(2 couples?)heading up there so late in the day with big packs on. did you use the snowshoes going up Asgard pass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Aasgard stoke!!! Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicMtnBoy Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I was amazed to see you guys(2 couples?)heading up there so late in the day with big packs on. did you use the snowshoes going up Asgard pass? Yeah that was us, we waited a bit and watched, lots of wet slides in the expected areas but I think Asgaard was reasonably safe. I knew it would be more solid than the Colchuck glacier route. We had great step kicking snow all the way up till near the top. We had a great camp up on the ridge with an awesome sunset and didn't bother putting on the snowshoes until the next day. I'll post some pics tomorrow. We just did the loop and hiked up Little Annapurna, foregoing Dragontail because of the avy/rockfall danger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylward Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Is the N. Face of Dragontail still wintery? Still? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicMtnBoy Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Here are the pics from our trip a week and a half ago, a couple pics of Dragontail in there, but it's kind of falling down. http://picasaweb.google.com/matthiesen/EnchantmentsTripWithCourtneyAmyAndBrendan# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Con Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 We just came back from there full report there are still sluffs coming down occasionally but the snow is excellent for stepkicking and glissdeing. People are crossing snowshoes are not needed but could be handy above the pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Larry Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I was amazed to see you guys(2 couples?)heading up there so late in the day with big packs on. did you use the snowshoes going up Asgard pass? Yeah that was us, we waited a bit and watched, lots of wet slides in the expected areas but I think Asgaard was reasonably safe. I knew it would be more solid than the Colchuck glacier route. We had great step kicking snow all the way up till near the top. We had a great camp up on the ridge with an awesome sunset and didn't bother putting on the snowshoes until the next day. I'll post some pics tomorrow. We just did the loop and hiked up Little Annapurna, foregoing Dragontail because of the avy/rockfall danger. wow, i'm really surprised that the snow was good for step kicking; Colchuck wasn't: how did u know that, or did you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicMtnBoy Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 wow, i'm really surprised that the snow was good for step kicking; Colchuck wasn't: how did u know that, or did you? I was up there a few years ago on a sunny May weekend and climbed Triple Couloirs one day and the NE Couloir on Colchuck the next. Weather was warm and sunny, snow was great on Dragontail and mush on Colchuck. The aspects aren't exactly the same but I figured it was close enough and the snow would be better on Aasgard than Colchuck Glacier. Fortunately I wasn't too far off. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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