Rocky Mountain National ParkDragon's Tail Couloir Climber's Log
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| astrobassman | Nice Route  Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2012 | |
| Long day since we roped up the entire route to practice simul climbing, although this is definitely not needed. Great setting. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2012 12:15 am | ||
| ripper333 | ski Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2012 | |
| supa fun day climbing and skiing this piece of real estate with a clown :0 | ||
| Posted Apr 11, 2012 11:24 am | ||
| colint | Deep snow in June Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2011 | |
| Deep snows this year made this climb very straightforward, like climbing a really long slushy staircase. There was a small piece of ice in at the rock step, but I wish there had been about 100 meters more! | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2011 11:19 am | ||
| JonW | Quite Scenic Date Climbed: May 7, 2011 | |
| Very scenic but somewhat boring climb. Was expecting more based on Cooper's book, but the route was very filled in during early 2011. | |
| Posted May 8, 2011 10:45 pm | ||
| StephanieLynn | early season climb Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2009 | |
| A very enjoyable couloir climb. A chunk of snow from the walls above us almost took out Heather... scary! The exit was my favorite part. | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2010 6:08 pm | ||
| Gumbie | 5/5 stars | |
| With Adam | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2010 8:45 am | ||
| cushman | DTC Date Climbed: May 22, 2010 | |
| Soft by 7am, CTC in 4:30, descent via Flattop Trail | |
| Posted May 26, 2010 11:35 am | ||
| ChrisHunley | Love Couloirs Date Climbed: May 12, 2007 | |
| Aesthetic line in a beautiful setting. Weather was perfect. | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2009 5:32 pm | ||
| heather14 | Sweet Climb Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2009 | |
| Thanks to the warm winter the snow in the couloir was pretty nice for a March climb. The sidewall however decided to shed a layer down on us. The crux still had enough snow on it that it seemed more like a short class 3 scramble. A great climb overall! | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2009 11:03 pm | ||
| rkymtn | Great Climb Date Climbed: Apr 23, 2006 | |
| This was a fun and fast climb with Haliku. We had a moment of mutual respect with the skiers about to descend. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2008 12:12 pm | ||
| Gareth | Dragon's Tail Couloir Date Climbed: May 10, 2008 | |
| I climbed with slowpoke. The couloir had somewhere around a foot of new snow in it covering the wet and poorly consolidated snow underneath. The climb consisted of a relentless plowing upward to form a trench. It was good that there was a big group of us up there to break trail! Plenty of spindrift blowing up the couloir, with a couple of small snow slides near the top. Did I mention that it felt freaking cold! What month was it again? It sure felt like a winter climb! | |
| Posted May 11, 2008 8:36 pm | ||
| Roam Around | First of the season Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2008 | |
| First couloir of the season! Conditions varied from really stable avy debris to complete sugar powder - but no slabs forming up the whole length. | ||
| Posted Apr 28, 2008 11:57 am | ||
| Bonesaw | Awesome day! Date Climbed: May 15, 2002 | |
| This was my intro to mountaineering and it was incredible. I'm hooked! | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2008 10:00 am | ||
| Timothy Pearl | Awesome Autumn Climb? Date Climbed: Oct 30, 2007 | |
| Who'da thunk it? Turned out to be sweet conditions! Enough snow to avoid scree, enough rock to keep it exciting, non-threatening weather, dry approach hike. I couldn't imagine it any better! I recommend light rack and small rope in the Autumn. With Jim C. | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2007 5:37 pm | ||
| miztflip | Great Conditions Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007 | |
| My wife and I found excellent snow conditions. The recent cool spell meant super hard snow with even a few icy spots. We only saw two others on the climb. A guide and his client that we passed before the fork. The hard snow made the steep parts easy. The rock step is super melted out with lots of loose stuff. Great route. | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2007 5:32 pm | ||
| Scott Pierce | Uggh Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007 | |
| With Adam. Fun snow climb, but the early June snow required postholing much of Flattop trail--irritating. Should have glissaded down Tyndall Glacier! Now I know! | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2007 1:00 pm | ||
| Haliku | Loved it! Date Climbed: Apr 23, 2006 | |
| An excellent route. Rkymtn and I had a very enjoyable climb. A classic route. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2007 4:23 pm | ||
| Dan Leonhard | Holy Scenic Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2004 | |
| The hike into the climbing area is spectacular. The climb itself is gorgeous. The spines of rock create beautiful couloirs that hold great snow. This route was easy/moderate snow/ice. The mixed stuff was SHORT- 10 feets or so. Watch that cornice up top! | |
| Posted May 29, 2006 11:24 pm | ||
| smudge | booyah Date Climbed: May 6, 2006 | |
| incredible day for my first real snow climb! Great route | |
| Posted May 28, 2006 11:41 pm | ||
| Andy | Dragon's Tail Couloir Date Climbed: May 6, 2006 | |
| I climbed with smudge, brenta, and Nelson. It was a fun climb in a spectacular setting! | |
| Posted May 9, 2006 2:23 pm | ||
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