Fairweather Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Trip: Lane Peak - The Zipper Date: 1/20/2014 Trip Report: Went up and climbed the Zipper today with my brother. The route was in great shape with continuous snow or ice the entire length. Mostly solid sticks and good front-pointing with regular water ice bulges for good screws. The chock stone is still partially exposed, but there is an ice/snow runnel on its right side. The portion above the chock stone took a couple inches of boot toe and was a little narrow a few feet below the top of the route. The Zipper is a good combination of belays and simul-climbing right now. Gear Notes: Two tool shape right now. 2 pickets and 2 screws. One more picket would have been nice. Approach Notes: A little soft on the way out--but didn't take or need any floatation. The gate at Longmire is not being opened until a few minutes past 9am so don't arrive too early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainsandsound Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Sweet. Brotherhood climbs are the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Here's a still picture taken from GoPro footage showing the chock stone pitch: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvClimber Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) As of 1/26 conditions seems to be about the same. We did the climb in two Running belays. I put up new webbing on the second repel. Fun day, T-shirt weather and long summit lunch. They kept the gate opened for us, We arrived back at Longmire around 5:25pm. Edited January 29, 2014 by tvClimber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDrake Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 What a different year..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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