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| cliffm | good stuff  Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2013 | |
| great mountain. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2013 8:15 pm | ||
| DrHill | First real mountaineering experience Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2010 | |
| With the little brother, camped at Helen's lake. Greatness. | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2013 11:20 pm | ||
| Shasta | Avalanche Gulch, A Classic Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2012 | |
| Second time on the mountain. First successful summit. Looking to climb the Casaval Ridge next month. Can't wait to try that route out. | |
| Posted Feb 10, 2013 11:56 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | 4x Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2013 | |
| Nice overnight trip in fairly cold but good conditions, went left of The Heart which was a lot more interesting when traversing under the Red Banks than the standard route. Also got my first winter ascent in after many trips up the mountain on January 20, 2014. Great conditions... long dayhike. And did this route on June 7, 2003 and August 7, 2005. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2013 8:29 pm | ||
| Fletch | Turned back twice Date Climbed: Apr 11, 2009 | |
| in winter conditions. I see where the route gets its name... | |
| Posted Dec 26, 2012 2:25 pm | ||
| kteichert | Beast!! Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2012 | |
| Definitely the least technical way to climb Shasta. The soft dirt under the rocks is a pain to navigate cuz the slopes are so steep and the angle of repose of the rocks is at a treacherous level. I didn't like the red ledges at all. I thought they were nerve racking. But that mountain was a beast to climb | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2012 8:50 pm | ||
| Wendellator | Second Time Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2011 | |
| Tried to climb in march,had white out conditions.Came back in June to a beautiful blue bird day and had a great climb.Clear skies Good snow pack. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2012 2:42 pm | ||
| lilmantis | Underestimated Beauty Date Climbed: May 5, 2012 | |
| Great trip with 5 other people that I had never met before, connected by SP and arranged online. One of the best climbs I have been on. The weather took a huge turn for the better when we climbed it after a couple very cold days. I would do this route again! | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2012 12:01 am | ||
| benners | Awesome!! Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2012 | |
| Climbed and skied Avalanche Gulch in primo conditions. Great snow coverage up there right now. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2012 2:50 pm | ||
| nicozone | Attempted between Weather Windows Date Climbed: May 26, 2012 | |
| With a storm system having passed through during the week, but a 2 day window of good weather clearing any potential avalanche conditions, we drove from Corvallis, Oregon to Shasta on a Saturday morning and hiked up to Lake Helena to camp out in preparation for a Sunday morning summit attempt. We got to camp in 15-20 degree temperatures and 25 mph winds. With exhaustion and hypothermia becoming real concerns, we barely slept and bailed the next morning. Conditions were perfect on Sunday morning, but we had no energy left to make it. | |
| Posted May 29, 2012 12:50 am | ||
| climbarcata | long one day slog Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2010 | |
| rocky approach for the first 4 miles or so then moved on to snow maybe next time i will bring approach shoes | ||
| Posted May 28, 2012 4:14 pm | ||
| blakemj33 | Saweeeet Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2011 | |
| Pretty straight forward climb. | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2011 1:58 pm | ||
| ElGreco | Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2010 | |
| Straightforward climb, up the main Red Banks chimney. Still lots of snow left for this time of year. We didn't witness any rockfall. Windy and cold at Misery Hill. Awesome glissade back to Helen! | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2011 12:08 am | ||
| Slothman | fairly easy Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2011 | |
| Probably the last clear weekend of the season, getting up the chute after the Heart was the hardest due to nearly vertical ice. A storm was coming in during our descent, but awesome glissading. | ||
| Posted Sep 25, 2011 12:39 pm | ||
| chicagosky | First 14er via an epic slog Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2011 | |
| 20hrs RT - most difficult part was from Helen Lake to top of Red Banks. Will be back to do another route next time. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2011 5:42 pm | ||
| SEF | Fast Snow Conditions Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011 | |
| Solo trip. Patchy snow from Bunny Flat becoming nearly continuous at Horse Camp. Hard crispy snow above Helen Lake turning mush by late morning. Lots of parties on the route. Left Bunny Flat 5:30 AM. Summited 10:00 AM. Back to the parking lot at 12:15 PM. | ||
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 11:15 am | ||
| wfry | I'll be back Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2011 | |
| Base camped at Helen Lake with a group of 10 (SMG) climbers. Began our climb at 4 am the next morning. Beautiful sight. Clear weather, lots of stars, moon just above ridgeline, and a string of headlamps heading up the gulch. Reached the 13,500 ft mark but didn't summit on this trip. Team member not feeling well. | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2011 2:10 am | ||
| nikit | Simple but strenuous Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2011 | |
| Bunny flat to the Summit in one day. Started at Bunny Flat at 00:05 on Saturday morning. There was 6-8 feet of snow right from the trailhead. Reached horse camp in an hour. It is a very simple walk. The slope gradually increases after horse camp. The last 500-700 ft climb towards Helen Lake is pretty nasty. Reached Helen Lake at 04:00. Had our breakfast. Geared up with crampons, started from there at 04:30 ish. Hike from Helen Lake to Red Banks is the killer - especially the last part. It is a 2500' straight climb. After the Red Banks, there is another upslope to Misery Hill. Misery hill is relatively simple. Reached the summit at 10:30. There was a ranger on the summit checking permits - so make sure you carry them with you even though you dumped backpacks on the way. Climbing down was great fun. Gliassaded down ~4500 ft- from Red Banks all the way down to horse camp. The last ditch from horse camp to bunny flat seemed to take forever! Car-to-Car, it took us about 15 hours. It was strenuous - but worth it. The views from the hike up and especially from the summit are uncomparable! Had taken 130 Oz (4 lit) of Gatorade and a few cliff bars - which was sufficient. I would highly recommend doing it in one day instead of camping at Helen lake or at 50/50. Also, if you want to camp in between, start early - the snow gets ridiculously slushy after late morning - which essentially doubles your effort of climbing. Peace! | ||
| Posted Jun 26, 2011 7:50 pm | ||
| Bascuela | Great route for 1st time up. Date Climbed: May 4, 2011 | |
| Overnighted @ Helen Lake with moderate winds which died around 2:00am. Out of camp by 5:00, solid climb up the gully and to the right of the heart. Breezy but not too bad on top. On descent, the gulch was too icy to glisade but lower got a 500' glisade to camp. Then it was too warm an slushy for anything else. Good Route! | |
| Posted May 5, 2011 8:39 pm | ||
| jonmeek16 | stuffed from high winds Date Climbed: Apr 8, 2011 | |
| went for a two day trip making camp at Helen Lake. high winds all day on day 1 to get to camp but forecast called for a clear window the next morning, forecast was wrong! had to bail! will be back and beautiful mountain | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2011 12:32 pm | ||
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