Bugaboos conditions

[eldiente]

Just came down yesterday. The snow up there is really good right now, easy walking on soft slush. Some of the routes still have snow and ice on the summits, with the upcoming hot weather I would expect this will start to melt out. Walking into East creak is chill, no ax required.

 

Rock climbs around hut (Crescent, Bugaboo etc) are dry and in good shape and dry. The hut is now full, bring a tent and join the party at the campground.

 

 

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Nate

 

[kurthicks]

I'd like to add that I saw someone fall into the schrund last week (some folks are rapping it now)...and another person fall all the way down from Bugaboo/Snowpatch Col and then walk away unscathed.

[glassgowkiss]

I think it would take incredible "talent" to fall into almost non-existent schrund.

Nate, i'll email you pics from B-C in a couple of days

[pazzo]

I'd like to add that I saw someone fall all the way down from Bugaboo/Snowpatch Col and then walk away unscathed.

 

Crampons?

[glassgowkiss]

 

Crampons?

so far there was no need for them. we walked even to east creek without them. as the matter of fact in the afternoon they would be more liability then help due to balling. of course with hot weather predicted all week things will change rather quickly and most likely they will be required to get up and down the S-B col.

[sjwages]

Went up the Bugaboo-Snowpatch col 8-11-10. Used crampons, schrund is opened up, most parties are rapping down the col off bolted stations on climber's left (30m apart). Rap stations climbers right have been removed.

 

B-S col 8-11-10 from Kain Route

 

[wayne]

It is a little icier now. I did a report on my blog below.