pugetgold Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Trip: Mount Cruiser - South Corner Date: 7/12/2014 Trip Report: A great climb, with a little bit of everything along the way - steep snow, a ridge scramble, a bit of routefinding, and the exposed, if not difficult, summit block. The snow couloir (photo below) had less snow than dpforestry's trip report from mid-June the prior year. It's fairly steep - averaging 40 degrees, as high as 45 near the top. We wore approach shoes and crampons, which worked fine, as the snow was only a bit icy. I'd expect these conditions won't last long, though, as the snow gets more consolidated. We didn't pay much attention to the rusty bolts advertised on the summit block, but we did anchor in to the two new bolts at the top of the first pitch on the ridgeline to belay up the second as well as to belay the lead for the second (last) ridge pitch, for which we placed protection and left it in to use on the downclimb back to the pair of bolts for the rappel down. Gear Notes: Ice axe Crampons One 60 m rope A full set of nuts (including micro nuts)- used several Tricams (used white and black, pink) Small cams (#2 and less) helpful for anchors at bottom and the top, as well as along ridge line, if so desired Approach Notes: Hike to Flapjack lakes is very pleasant. Snow couloir is starting to get icy - crampons advised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Cool! That is a favorite climb of mine. Improbable looking for the grade, and a scenic and lonesome area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I need to get back there. TFPU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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