wbk Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Trip: Whitehorse - Niederbrum/Lone Pass/High Pass/Whitehorse Glacier Date: 6/3/2011 Trip Report: Jeremy and I climbed Whitehorse this past Friday. Getting to blocked bridge is same as before and road is quick and easy to get to. Hiked road to Niederbrum (sp.?) trailhead and then took the trail up. Made fast time on the approach and soon we were post holing up to Lone Tree Pass. It was cloudy with the sun poking through a wee bit from time to time. The snow was surprisingly soft and mushy for having little to no sun since last weekend. I guess the ambient temps have been higher than we expected. These conditions resulted terrible post holing to High Pass and up to the summit. Shrund is wide open but still an easy step across on the left side. Snow was pretty fresh above ~6000 ft… though I’m sure that’s all changed after Sat and Sunday’s weather. Yes, I’m sure many of you are wondering why we didn’t take skies. Wasn’t in the cards for us to get the gear all together ahead of time and the snow was so mushy and sticky, I’m not sure the skies would have helped all that much. For fun, I got greedy in a descent gully and didn’t bother to follow our up tracks so we ended up too far skier’s left of the up trail and we bushwacked out. Took an extra 2-2.5 hrs of fun, North Cascades bushwacking. Pretty silly and annoying (and a good reminder that I’ll hopefully remember for the rest of the season)--we’re laughing about it now. Good trip, great partner. Idiot patrol on the summit More photos: Gear Notes: Roped up for glacier and shrund at top, placed two pickets on way to summit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spionin Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 the crazy hat - yes! but not on top of a puffy hood??? nice job dudes! -veronika Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrogers Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 the crazy hat - yes! but not on top of a puffy hood??? nice job dudes! -veronika Anatoli. Or Kunz. Zat iz you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 The snow was surprisingly soft and mushy for having little to no sun since last weekend. I guess the ambient temps have been higher than we expected. No clear nights = no freeze crust = mush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbk Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 YEEEAAAAZZ. Let's get out for some craziness one of these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spionin Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 the crazy hat - yes! but not on top of a puffy hood??? nice job dudes! -veronika Anatoli. Or Kunz. Zat iz you? the honorary russian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin27 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 so no major issues on the bergschrund? I assume the summit block, which is normally a rock pitch is snow covered and a moderate snow climb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbk Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 correct - schrund was not an issue... just a step across on the left side but it'll be melting out rapidly i'd predict and will be a rock pitch soon enough. we had some thin snow over rock in spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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