Eldorado west arete approach?

[jordansahls]

In peoples opinions what is the better approach for the west arete of Eldorado: Eldorado creek or Sibley creek? From the pictures I have looked at the eldorado glacier appoach seems shorter and more direct, but you gain a few extra thousand vert.

[Marko]

I've only done the Eldo Ck approach and was amazed at how long it took us, what with descending the fairly broken up glacier (1 rap I think). 7 hrs to get to the climb, and 3 or so to do the climb. Easy travelling, just took a while.

[wayne]

I went over the Eldo-Triad col a couple of times after it, Not too bad.

[jordansahls]

Thanks for the beta, I did the approach this last Saturday via eldo creek and it wasn't bad though it is a long ways in there. The slabs below the Eldorado glacier were really interesting. Lots of crystal clear water running over the polished granite. Unfortunately I injured myself and had to turn back so no summit, oh well.