JMS001 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 has anyone been up baker lately and seen if theres ice yet forming on colfax (cosley houston) or is it still too early? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason4 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I got a look up that way from the Twins last weekend. It looked like there has been a dusting of snow but I didn't spot any ice. I'll try to remember to look closely at the pictures I took to see what shows up. I think it's been too warm though, it's been balmy in town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotnoname Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I was going to make a post to solicit partner for this Sat just to do some "ice-cragging" at Baker seracs. Are you saying it's too warm for the Seracs as well? Â Any takers this sat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Unless baker is erupting hot magma, it is never too hot for seracing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choada_Boy Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Chilly in Deming this morning. Definitely cold up there. Â Head up into the seracs for short, weird, and overhanging. Head to the toe to lower down into gaping maws. Bring prusiks or an ascender in case you can't climb out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason4 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 The seracs are fun right now. I was on the toe of the Coleman in late September playing around on one that easy to get to from the climbers trail onto the glacier and had an alternate low angle route up an arete to set up a top rope for the steep face. The glacier ice was very forgiving to me swinging tools for the first time. Watch where the water is running on the glacier though, we had to hang our packs because anything flat enough to hold them was puddling up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMS001 Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 thanks for your input guys! I'm gonna give it more time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Whistler gives you live temp feed across the mountain. It's 5C at almost 7000 ft at 9:30 pm. I doubt it's even freezing at 9000ft at night at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason4 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I was out at lake Ann on Saturday looking up at the upper Curtis Glacier and Hell's Highway on Shuksan and there are a few thin ribbons of ice next to HH. I spent some time looking at it through the binoculars and it looked very thin but I'm not an experienced ice climber. It's exciting to see more than streams up high right now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rat Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 has anyone been up baker lately and seen if theres ice yet forming on colfax (cosley houston) or is it still too early? Â at this time of year, looking at heliotrope ridge reports on turns all year can be fruitful. this is from 10/17/15 but gets my point across: http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=34646.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin27 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Any new reports on conditions on Colfax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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