mattp Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 (edited) On Saturday, I climbed Exfoliation Dome with a couple of my friends who are DTown regulars. We climbed the "avoid the west slabs route" and, although it wasn't exactly in prime condition, we had a pretty good day. The road in there was driveable in a normal car all the way to the roadfork at five miles from the Mountain Loop highway, and on the left fork about 200 yards beyond the bridge over Clear Creek. Although the Granite Sidewalk was frosty, there really wasn't any snow until about 3,300 feet and it was only patchy at that elevation although there was a pile of frozen avalanche debris below the West Slabs. We may have made the first winter ascent of the dome, though it wasn't a climb under full-on winter conditions. press here for the full story Edited January 13, 2003 by mattp Quote
Matt Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 Nice Matt. I'm guessing you've climbed Exfoliation Dome more than anyone else? What's your tally? 40 or 50 times? As always, effortlessly cool... Quote
Dru Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 (edited) Sounds like adventure! Send a report to Alpinist and the AAJ and Hot Flashes too. Edited January 13, 2003 by Dru Quote
allthumbs Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 Fun TR, Matt. You get a spankin' when you got home? Quote
COL._Von_Spanker Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 Nice Mr P, I gotta get up there some time. Quote
mattp Posted January 13, 2003 Author Posted January 13, 2003 Hot Flashes: Darrington, January 11, 2003 Climber's ripped a tree to bits with a Jimmy during the first winter ascent of a moss-covered 4 thousand foot summit in the North Cascades. 5.6, Bushwack III, hand-to-hand combat 6. Quote
Dru Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 Yeah! They could run it across from the Honda Element ad. Quote
allthumbs Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 Matt, I took offense to the idea that our beloved Subarus couldn't tackle a mean old tree. Quote
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