arentz Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Likely heading up this weekend and would appreciate if anyone has insight into the conditions of the couloir to gain the west ridge route. I'm presuming there will be plenty of snow but any first hand info is much appreciated. Thanks! Arentz Quote
jshamster Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Didn't see the couloir, but the west ridge looked pretty snowy yesterday. Tons of snow up there, with about a foot of fresh in the last week. Have fun. Jimbo Quote
kurthicks Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 nice shot! from the NF of Buckner? how were the conditions? Quote
DPS Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 nice shot! from the NF of Buckner? Wouldn't that be from Torment/Eldo direction? Quote
genepires Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 In that photo, isn't the north face of buckner behind and left of forbidden? That photo should be from eldo glacier Quote
Off_White Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 Wow! The North Ridge is loooong! Have you done that route Dan? One of my favorite easy alpine climbs of all time, and a fabulous tour of the mountain. I heartily recommend it. Quote
DPS Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) Wow! The North Ridge is loooong! Have you done that route Dan? One of my favorite easy alpine climbs of all time, and a fabulous tour of the mountain. I heartily recommend it. I did it about 10 years ago with Michael Stanton. It was a long day (14 hours) for us. This photo really illustrates the length of the ridge nicely. I agree that it is a wonderful alpine tour in a great setting. Really wild and comitting feeling for being a short hike from the car. Edited June 25, 2011 by DPS Quote
kevino Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Yeah Gene and DPS are correct. I took that wednesday morning from the Eldo glacier as the sun was rising. I agree, the complete north ridge of forbidden is an awesome climb. Quote
genepires Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 really amazing how much snow is still on the sides of forbidden. I have spent a lot of time camping out on the eldorado/inspiration glacier in may/june (5 seasons) and I can't remember seeing that much snow by early june. Maybe my memory is flawed. Quote
kevino Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Looking at david and i's climb from may of 2009, it looked pretty similar eldorado nw couloir 5/2009 Quote
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