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| Montana Matt | Loose, loose, loose  Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2011 | |
| Invited by a friend to climb Shasta and couldn't say no. Long approach from Clear Creek, but very scenic. Camped at 8800 feet. Warm night, but the snow the next morning was in pretty good condition. Had good snow most of the way up to the orange UFO rock at 12,800. Then we headed up a nasty scree slope. There were some patches of solid rock, but most of it was choss. Don't do this in a large group. Lots of large loose rocks are waiting to kill someone. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2011 7:28 pm | ||
| splattski | Long approach Date Climbed: May 21, 2000 | |
| We were on skis from pretty low. Perfect weather. A little too perfect because the snow turned to mush in the heat. Trip report | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2011 9:33 am | ||
| mrchad9 | Great descent Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2010 | |
| Used as a descent route after heading up Wintun Ridge. This route melts out early, but still enough fingers of snow where I was able to walk back and forth and glisside pretty much the entire way back, sometimes on a snow chute only 10 feet wide. Think that was the best way to do it- up Wintun Ridge and down Clear Creek. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2010 1:12 pm | ||
| nickL | Summer CC Route Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2009 | |
| Set up camp in the Clear Creek basin in the evening, left camp for the top 2 hours before sunrise. Long grind up to the orange UFO rock at 12,800 ft. I felt like I was going forever but the rock didnt seem to be getting any closer! Above the rock we picked one of the faint trails traversing to the right and ended up scratching our way up a nasty scree slope between a couple of rocky fingers. No snow on the route except for the short flat section at the top of the Whitney Glacier, just below the summit. Had perfect weather all day, not too warm, not too cold. We spent over an hour on top, then headed down. Once we made it past the steep stuff above the orange rock we made crazy good time going down the loose trail. | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2010 1:37 pm | ||
| edevart | Clear Creek Death Scree Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2006 | |
| Left Clear Creek Springs at 3:30 am and was on the summit at noon. Spent two hours on the summit, most of it alone. Took a half hour nap. The hike up was long and loose, but not particularly difficult this time. No snow until the small steep upper Wintun Glacier section. Only needed the crampons for a hundred yard segment, otherwise did the whole thing in running shoes (the best of all mountaineering boots). | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2007 4:51 pm | ||
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