Captain panther Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Trip: McClellan Butte - North Couloir Date: 12/22/2010 Trip Report: Went up to solo the Butte today, something I've wanted to climb for a long time since I look at it everytime I come back from Leavenworth. The snow was actually pretty fucking good the whole way up until about the last approx. 200 feet, which was flat out wallowing hell. Theres a few fun little steps of water-ice and whenever you get bored you can just climb the walls of the couloir to spice it up a bit! I took a look at the mixed pitch at the top and the dihedral looked pretty bad so I searched for other options. Everything up there is pretty much the same: 6-10 inches of snow over blank rock with some enticing looking ice that turns out to be really scary and aerated. So after like 20 feet of my pons skittering left and right and not looking much better above, I turned tail, like a lttle bitch, and post holed back to my pbrs stashed in the snow at the bottom. There's actually ICE up there! steps are kicked, go get it! That first picture is some WIE, as in EXTREME! beta alert: There's a hidden branch jug up on your left Gear Notes: pons and tools, misery-shoes for the approach wouldntve hurt. Approach Notes: flotation wouldve been nice. if i were better at skiing i wouldve skied down that bitch, if youre a good skier itd be sick! oh yeah, watch out for the ultra-pothole on road 55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMountainGuy Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 hell yeah awesome post, ive wanted to climb this mountain in the winter ever since my summer accent. how was the avy danger that day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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