rpa Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Trip: Juno Tower - Clean Break Date: 6/11/2011 Trip Report: I have used cascade climbers to check on route information and/or route conditions, but I have yet to contribute. This is my attempt and I hope it is useful to somebody. calfred and I climbed clean break on June 11, 2011. The approach up silver star creek took us @ 3 hours and we hit continuous snow around the first bench. The first two pitches were excellent. We had some route finding difficulties on pitch three (move right), but after we got ourselves on target the next few pitches went smoothly. After the 7th pitch we were pushed towards the left of the arete due to melting snow. (After the 5.9 pitch we went straight up instead of the 60 foot traverse) We were able to trend back right and finish up the last two/three pitches on route. There is/was snow on ledges which was a little timely and thought provocking, but nothing scary or unmanageable. (melting fast) Time on route @ 9.5 hours. We descended to the burgandy col bench, instead of wrapping back to the silver star drainage. We hit the trail for the rest of the descent to a a bike awaiting our shuttle. @ 3 hours. First Pitch Upper Route Gear Notes: No #4 needed; Approach shoes, no boots, if you don't mind soaking wet feet for the descent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hey that's great, way adventurous in early season. Cool inventive routing around the snow patches. Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainsloth Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I've been drooling over this route for a while. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Nice work! This is definitely one of my all time favorite climbs. We climbed it two years ago around this time with MUCH less snow to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbk Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Been wondering about the descent option to burgundy col... can you elaborate a bit on this? Is it pretty straightforward? No raps, how's the exposure, downclimbing? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 honey badger don't give a fuck about snow on the route. He is a hungry little shit and takes what he wants. very nice job gents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpa Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Just to clarify we did not to go to burgundy col, but the bench below the col. A lot of parties will camp here if the do not bivy at the col. With the amount of snow around the descent was very straightforward. We trended down and south with no downclimbing or frontpointing. Plunge stepping all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webnick2007 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Beautiful - And way to push into the cold! It looks like a stellar climb!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandalsclub Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) The Honey Badger don't give a fuck! Edited June 25, 2011 by sandalsclub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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