Raoul Duke Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Trip: Dragontail - Triple Couloirs Date: 2/5/2012 Trip Report: Had a good time and made good time climbing the TCs on Sunday, despite some slightly dry conditions... fun stuff! The Approach: The Mountain: The best part of waking up is... the fear. 1st Couloir: Bypassing the dry runnels: 2nd Couloir: 2nd Couloir Exit: 3rd Couloir: The Summit: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pu Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Wow. Talk about no snow. If this keeps up we'll be on the alpine rock early this year. Nice Work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletor Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Nice! Way to get after it! I love February TRs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennyt Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Nice work! I was up at the lake for some terrible skiing. Saw climbers coming out complaining of dry conditions (not you guys), and promising Utah Powder (damn liars). Saw your camp Sunday and briefly saw one of you in the 2nd couloir. Rock on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhux Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Nice job, looks fun! What would you rate it in conditions that dry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raoul Duke Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 mhux- The snow was wind scoured and good for steps. There was one bouldery move getting onto the snow of the second couloir (the chimney thing pictured above). Felt like, I don't know, 5.9. The rocky bits were never very tricky for very long. We encountered that after rapping from the red slings on the bypass; in retrospect, it might have been better (easier, better gear) to do a traversing pitch upward from that rap station. Seems like that's what Nelson's description says to do anyways... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave7 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 looks sweet, i wish i was out west right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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