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[TR] Silverstar - Burgundy Col to Silverstar Glacier 6/22/2013


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Trip: Silverstar - Burgundy Col to Silverstar Glacier

 

Date: 6/22/2013

 

Trip Report:

Headed in to Silverstar on Saturday with Alicia, Matt, and Sara. The weather was great when we started from the road in the morning.

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View from the road. (Alicia's pic)

 

The trail up to the bench was just as steep as I remembered it, but nicer since it was a little wet, which kept the dust down. Heading up from the bench to Burgundy Col we ran into some snow patches, and took advantage of them when we could.

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Heading up to Burgundy Col (Alicia's pic)

 

Once at the Col, we stopped to enjoy part of the alpine burritos from Qdoba that Sara convinced us to bring.

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MMMMMMMMMM.....Burrito

 

From Burgundy Col, it was all snow to the start of the scramble to the summit. We all carried crampons, but it was warm and the top layer of snow was soft, so we didn't use them. The scramble had some snow on it, but was still a lot of fun. The clouds started to roll in just as we were starting to scramble to the summit.

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Scrambling

 

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Looking back down the scramble

 

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Riding a Flake

 

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Summit Rodeo? (Alicia's pic)

 

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Group summit shot (Alicia's pic)

 

Back down to the snow to finish our burritos, then time to head back. The glissades down were nice and fast on soft snow.

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View from our lunch spot

 

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Jacket glissade diaper? (Alicia's pic)

 

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Glissading, apparently I was having fun (Alicia's pic)

 

Of course the weather decided to clear back up as we were heading back down, so much for those great summit views.

 

The hike out was the normal kitty litter fest, complete with a nice sliding maneuver by Matt that resulted in some dirty pants.

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Oops (Alicia's pic)

 

A stop for raspberry chocolate chip ice cream at Cascadian Farm on the way home completed a great trip.

 

 

Gear Notes:

Alpine Burritos.

 

Used ice axes, carried crampons but didn't need them.

 

Approach Notes:

Patches of snow above the bench, then snow from Burgundy Col to the scramble.

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Hey there, looks like a fun day out.

 

Thinking to head up there this week and was wondering if you got a look at any of the rock conditions up there? Did it look like snow had melted off most of the rock faces (north/south sides?), or were there still significant patches of snow?

 

Thanks so much!

 

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