RaisedByPikas Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Trip: Eldorado Peak - Standard Route Date: 6/26/2010 Trip Report: My wife and I made the trip up Eldorado on Saturday and Sunday. The knife edge ridge has cornices on it for the last 50-100 ft. The bootpack was solid up to the cornices where it looked like only one or two people had continued on. There wasn't much of a point to traverse 50ft over to the summit just to have to stay 15ft from the edge so we turned around at the cornices. A ranger checked for our permits at 7500 ft. I will figure out how to post pics when I get home. Gear Notes: Glacier Travel Gear. Approach Notes: Trail is snow free until the very end of the boulder fields. The gulley to descend to the glacier is mostly snow filled except for a short section to cross a moat. We ascended to our campsite at 7500ft unroped due no visible crevasses on the route. 2 small crevasses starting to open up on the ridge up to the summit. Quote
bbookout Posted June 30, 2010 Posted June 30, 2010 Thanks for the report. Did you happen to notice (or get pictures of) the West Ridge of Forbidden? We were thinking about heading up there, but want to know if there's still snow on the ridge. Quote
counterfeitfake Posted June 30, 2010 Posted June 30, 2010 Friends climbed it last weekend... it went, but it was pretty gnarly with snow and ice making things difficult. I have another group of friends who climbed the East Ridge, which was apparently nice and dry and clean, but had an accident on the way down the WR and had a bit of an epic. Seems like it'll be in great shape pretty soon though. Quote
bbookout Posted July 1, 2010 Posted July 1, 2010 Thanks! Maybe we'll wait a while. The forecast looks iffy anyway. Quote
RaisedByPikas Posted July 6, 2010 Author Posted July 6, 2010 (edited) Here are some pics... Looking towards Sahale Edited July 6, 2010 by RaisedByPikas Quote
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