Colchuck Peak N Face?

[sdizzle25]

Climbed Colchuck Peak N Buttress Couloir and the proper N Face itself last weekend, the North face being the entire face from the bottom, not just the part you climb after the NBC.

North face was awesome, exposed and sustained, with the face being at least 50 degree snow and neve being split by easy rock and ice smears the entire way (admittedly one could probably miss most of the ones we hit, but why would you?)

Why dont more people climb this? I would say as fun as the NBC, less prone to rockfall too

[Kyle_Flick]

How did you access the lower north face?

[telemarker]

Why dont more people climb this?

 

How do you know it isn't?

[Juan Sharp]

Kyle if I understand what this party did, you can go over the ridge from the lake side. Doug Walker and I did it in 2000 by heading up-slope more or less at the end of the lake as I recall. You go over the ridge (still trees where we crossed), down the other side to the bottom of the face, then pick your line to go up the face. It was fun. We merged with the top of the NBC gully then took the standard path from there. Is this the north face route? Hope all is good over there. John Sharp

[sdizzle25]

I never hear of anybody climbing this face. not saying i got the FA by any means, but didnt see any TRs from CC or summitpost, doesnt make it into any guidebooks. Juan nailed it, you cross the ridge at a little gulleyish thing with trees on top, and then traverse over to the bottom of the face. wish i had a good picture of the thing, it looks as awesome as it climbs