sdizzle25 Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 Anyone been up to Mount Jefferson lately? Whats it looking like? I would assume like the rest of the cascades its primarily in winterish snowpack conditions. Summit pinnacle rimed over nicely? Quote
keep_it_real Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 I was on Jefferson maybe 3 weeks ago so the info is a little old. The summit pinnacle was still hiding under rime. I found a good route up behind some rime mushrooms most of the way across the traverse coming from the south. I got about 20 feet from the top before getting stopped by a small (8ft?) step of rime. It looked like it would be possible to get around the step by traversing out onto the east face but the snow was to thin to do it safely. One option would be to just dig yourself a ramp up the step. Again that was 3 weeks ago but seeing the still rime covered summits of the rest of the cascades, I doubt the conditions have changed that much on Jefferson. Good luck! Quote
sdizzle25 Posted June 19, 2011 Author Posted June 19, 2011 How was the approach? I did the route about a calendar year ago and didnt really need flotation on the approach much. what did you find? Thanks a bunch Quote
mtnhippy Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Anyone climbing it in the next week? It may be our backup plan for the 4th. Quote
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