Melwaka beta?

[flomulgator]

A friend and I are thinking of touring around Chair Peak this weekend and I'm looking for a little advice.

 

I've seen a few reports that go from Melwaka to the Hemlock-Chair col and then down the Great Couloir or other.

 

Is there an reason you can't do a climbing traverse from Melwaka to Pineapple Pass to ski Great Scott? Is this normally done?

 

Also "watch out for so-and-so tricksy cliffband" or current conditions info much appreciated.

[AlpineK]

It's pretty straightforward going from Melakwa pass to the lake then up to either Bryant col or Pineapple pass.

[flomulgator]

Cool, thanks Feck. I ran into the monster avi field while doing Alpy slackcountry out to No Fog, that you described in a recent TR. My idea was that that junk extended up the couloir to the col, and I didn't want to ski that, thus the extension to Pineapple.

 

I just realized my post count and join date don't exactly jive! Wonder how that happened.