[TR] Labor Pains, N.Early Winter Spire x2 - 5/29/2016

[wayne]

Trip: Labor Pains, N.Early Winter Spire x2 -

 

Date: 5/29/2016

 

Trip Report:

 

So I did this route last September, then again last weekend. It is a challenging, gamey, and unheralded route that could use some updating. The WA Pass supertopo book covers it well, and I did 2 trs on it on my web journal. Enjoy.

 

2015 report

 

second trip.

[olyclimber]

Awesome...thanks Wayne!

[james_e]

Thanks for the report! How are the snow conditions up there? Are crampons necessary, or is it soft enough to manage with approach shoes?

[wayne]

The direct early-season trail is barely workable the snow is soft down low and quite firm up high still. The slopes in general are not that steep so no Crampons were used.