[TR] Lane Peak - Lover's Lane 12/17/2011

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Trip: Lane Peak - Lover's Lane

 

Date: 12/17/2011

 

Trip Report:

JayB and I climbed Lane Peak today. With the warmish temps, the route was a bit of a snow slog with a few sections that were firmer. Specifically, Lover's Lane had a couple, short icy sections - one very low and one with an awkward move around a boulder near the top. After the rap into the Zipper, we encountered one short ice section.

 

We topped the couloir around 2:15 and opted to bask in the sun a bit and head down rather than tag the summit. We got to the car at dusk, in plenty of time to exit the gate at Longmire before it closes as 6.

 

We simulclimbed the entire route, placing some pro en route (mostly in Lover's Lane).

 

Cheers to JayB for finally getting out on a climb together!

 

JayB headed up to the entrance to Lover's Lane:

 

More than half way up the couloir:

 

Party ahead of us in the upper Zipper:

 

A short bit of ice in the Zipper after the rap:

 

Tatoosh views:

 

 

 

Gear Notes:

Piolet, 2nd tool, a couple pickets, a couple screws, small alpine rack.

 

Approach Notes:

Snowshoes.

[Fairweather]

Very nice.

[downey]

way to keep the stoke up and still get after it with the less than ideal temps

[sobo]

So that's where you went! Cheers and jolly good, Mate!

Why is it that I thought JayB was living in NYC and not the PNW???

[JayB]

Beautiful day in the mountains. Made me scroll back through memory lane a bit and realize that the last alpinish winter climb I'd been on that involved more than carrying gear back and forth to the base of mountain was Damnation Gulley on Mt. Washington back in December of 05 or thereabouts.

 

-Sobo, I served a short term sentence on the EC (Boston) from 05-08 and didn't relocate to the PNW full time until May of '09. Only decent rock climbing was ~4 hours away and there was lots of really good WW kayaking much closer so I went with the flow when I was back there and spent most of my rec-time in a boat.

 

 

[sobo]

-Sobo, I served a short term sentence on the EC (Boston) from 05-08 and didn't relocate to the PNW full time until May of '09. Only decent rock climbing was ~4 hours away and there was lots of really good WW kayaking much closer so I went with the flow when I was back there and spent most of my rec-time in a boat.

Thanks, JayB, for that explanation. I couldn't remember if it was NYC or elsewhere, I just remember that it was the upper East Coast. I recall your mention back then that you were applying yourself more to WW boating while on that end of the continent.

Although it's a tad bit late, welcome back.

[JayB]

-Sobo, I served a short term sentence on the EC (Boston) from 05-08 and didn't relocate to the PNW full time until May of '09. Only decent rock climbing was ~4 hours away and there was lots of really good WW kayaking much closer so I went with the flow when I was back there and spent most of my rec-time in a boat.

Thanks, JayB, for that explanation. I couldn't remember if it was NYC or elsewhere, I just remember that it was the upper East Coast. I recall your mention back then that you were applying yourself more to WW boating while on that end of the continent.

Although it's a tad bit late, welcome back.

 

Thanks - great to be back. Now that I'm thinking of the climbing on the EC, it's interesting to think about the fact that the Tatoosh range is an asterisk out here, but would pretty much be the premier alpine range back there.

 

Are you in Yakima or TriVegas these days?

[sobo]

True, there is nothing that I have seen or experienced on the EC that could rival the Tatoosh.

 

Dry-Shitties. Emigrated from Crackima in '05

[Layback]

Nice work. If I'm not mistaken you've been trying to hit this for a while. Congrats.