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| Dan Winter | East Ridge  Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2007 | |
| A fairly simple climb with wonderful views.Camped 2 nights at Colchuck lake.Nice:) | |
| Posted May 8, 2008 12:04 pm | ||
| YEM | Aasgard Pass/Snow Creek Glacier Date Climbed: Mar 27, 2007 | |
| Camped at Colchuck Lake. The climb to the pass was icy while the glacier was pure fluff. Great views and a very fun winter/spring climb. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2007 11:35 pm | ||
| Rice Climber | East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007 | |
| Easy climb up Snow Creek Glacier and short class 2 to the peak from Aasgard Pass. Awesome weather. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2007 8:56 pm | ||
| Dave S | Serpentine Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2007 | |
| Yes, it has some loose rock, but a great climb! We lucked out with some amazing views from the summit, seeing from Rainier all the way north to Mt Baker! And of course the views of the Enchantments were definitely amazing! | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2007 1:35 am | ||
| thundercloud | East Ridge via Aasgard & SCG Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007 | |
| Good little romp. Casual 3:45 up from Colchuck Lake, and 1:40 down. Stayed on snow for the most part up to Aasgard, and above that snow was a little mushy. Only about 50 minutes from Agard to summit, and very short amount of time on the actual ridge. Camped at the lake which is melted out and a few camp sites are becoming apparent. Squitoes are also becoming apparent and I can imagine the nightmare in another month or so. | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2007 1:55 pm | ||
| lukic | Not quite walk-up Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2007 | |
| Started walking up from the enchantments, but the rock was so good I was lured into climbing a 60 ft cliff up to the ridge. I had my rock shoes with me for bouldering, but no rope or partner. It was pretty stupid in retrospect, but the views from the top were amazing. | |
| Posted Feb 20, 2007 10:53 pm | ||
| osatrik | Dragontail Peak - Snow Creek Glacier & Southeast Ridge scramble Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2006 | |
| Trip report is at Enchantments Reflections TR | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2006 8:29 pm | ||
| rpc | Serpentine & Backbone | |
| Two car-to-car outings. Backbone Ridge (July 22, 2006): TR is here Serpentine Ridge (July 24, 2005): Shirley and I drove to TH on Saturday evening. Tried to get a nap in the car but that did not work out. Started hiking at 11:30pm - way too early as it turned out. Got to base at 3 & change am at a very relaxed pace (very relaxed as I was a bit sick). Busted out the emergency space blanket as it was chilly. Sat/napped/shivered there till about 6 am. On route by 6:30 am. Crux pitch was nice and views were great but climbing itself overall was disappointing. Loose rock on upper pitches. Got to summit ~2ish pm. Nice summit with perfect weather (sunny & warm). Got a nap in. Easy ( but painful on knees) descent. Hike out. Back in car 8 and change pm. Lotta chilled coffee in L-worth & fast food. A short nap at Snoqualmie Pass somehow extended itself when the alarm failed to function. Back in Portland 3:30am. At work at 9. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2006 11:11 pm | ||
| supermarmot | early morning | |
| heard lots of rockfall the previous day... woke up at 5:30 and bagged it before it got hot again. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2006 6:38 am | ||
| esugi | Car to Car, Dragontail Cirque Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2006 | |
| Camped at the TH and got an early 4:30am start. Plodded up Colchuck Glacier under beautiful skies. Summitted at 11:00am and descended via Aasgard Pass (was able to glissade almost the entire thing!). Made it back to the car at 3:30pm. 11 hour round trip with no break over 15 minutes and almost always on the go. Next up on this mountain is the Triple Couloirs! | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2006 3:20 am | ||
| dicey | South Ridge Date Climbed: Apr 23, 2006 | |
| Via Aasgard pass. Sunny Day! | ||
| Posted Jun 2, 2006 5:40 pm | ||
| rialtosol | Route Climbed: Aasgard Pass Snow creek glacier Date Climbed: May 29, 2005 | |
| Plan was to climb Dragontail on Sat and then drop down to the Colchuck col and summit Colchuck also. Given the record hot temps we decided to wait and get an early start sunday morning. After summiting about 7:00am we decided to forgo Colchuck until the following day, via the colchuck glacier. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2006 1:06 am | ||
| Snidely Whiplash | Route Climbed: Aasgard Pass/Snow Creek Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2000 | |
| One day from car to summit. Luckily, it was a cool day. I would never want to go up Aasgard Pass in hot weather. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2006 4:48 pm | ||
| setrent | Route Climbed: Serpentine Arete Date Climbed: 02 August, 2004 | |
| Car to car in sixteen hours. The climbing low on the route was enjoyable, the twin cracks pitch outstanding. The upper pitches were loose and demanded concentration. Generally stay more to climber's left to stay out of a loose gully and headwall to the right. Did not need crampons or ice axe for the climb or descent. | ||
| Posted Dec 23, 2005 1:03 am | ||
| ren | Route Climbed: Aasgard Pass Date Climbed: May 29, '05 | |
| Camped in the snow filled basin and summitted Little Annapurna the day before. Bright sunshine ( I believe record highs). The plan was to summit on the 28th but as we topped Aasgard around 10:00am the snow was already slush so we waited till early next morning and headed up. Fantastic views in an incredible area! | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2005 1:15 pm | ||
| mandrake | Route Climbed: Aasgard Pass / Snow Creek Glacier Date Climbed: July 30, 2005 | |
| Group of seven of us made summit about 11am Saturday. Beautiful weather and spectacular views off of the summit. Thanks to 'rpc' for the great beta! | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2005 4:24 pm | ||
| hkutuk | Route Climbed: Snow Creek Glacier Date Climbed: June 19, 2005 | |
| My intention was to climb DT from Aasgard quickly and be down before the afternoon thunderstorms hit the mountains. I always hear horror stories about hiking to Aasgard pass but there was a decent path from Colchuck lake to the pass so made good time. Snow on the glacier was very soft and some point release debris were visible but it was very straightforward. Finally caught up with a very fast paced climber, Jeff, on the summit. It was still around 10 and he suggested to climb Witches Tower and Little Annapurna. So we first went down the south ridge of DT and off the ridge steep soft snow on to the south side of Witches tower and scrambled up a class-3 route to its cool summit. From there a gentle raising traverse to Little Annapurna. After a well earned lunch break and exchanges of our climb stories back down to the pass and at 5pm arrived at the car. Admired the climbers on the rocks along Icicle road as I drove back to L-worth and eventually made it back to Portland before midnight. I had a great day in one of the most beatiful places and dedicated this little trip on Father's Day to my dad who passed away a year ago and is missed dearly... | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2005 5:41 pm | ||
| Brian Jenkins | Route Climbed: Aasgard Pass/Snow Creek Glacier Date Climbed: July 11, 2004 | |
| Quite the littany of flexibility on this one. Plans changed numerous times. Originally was going to meet up Saturday evening with friends Mark/Natasha and Chris/Shauna. They were each going to do Serpentine Arrete in two teams and I was going to do Colchuck and Dragontail via Colchuck Glacier. I got a late start out of Portland and didn't get to the trailhead until almost 11 pm so I opted to crash in the truck and start at first light. Got going about 4:30 am at the same time as another party of 3 who slept at the trailhead too. Made Colchuck Lake by about 6:30 or so. Had been on the walkie talkie to try to contact my friends all the way in but no response and never saw them on the route. Ran into them at their tents by the lake. They had started up much earlier and the weather window they needed never opened. By the time I got there though the weather was clearing so they decided to hike up to the lakes basin. I opted to enjoy the trail with them instead of the glacier. Lots of laughs all the way up. At the Pass we headed to the lakes for a bit and ran into a very curious goat. I departed for the glacier while they then headed east for a hike. Scrambled up and over a few minor ridges. Be careful on these if you do so, I slipped on a polished slab and rode a 45 degree rock down about 30 feet hoping I wouldn't turn an ankle. Luckily I didn't and I then started up the glacier. Pretty slushy by this time of day (about 11 am). Went mostly straight up until the top, then did a switchback to gain the saddle. Ditched the axe and crampons and scrambled up to the summit. Knew I would be late getting back home to Portland so opted to descend the same route instead of downclimb to Colchuck. Hiked out with Chris and Shauna. Back at the trailhead as I rubbed my feet and moaned, I ran into the group that departed a few minutes before me that morning. They had done the 10 mile hike into Prusik, did the South Arrete route as a team of 3, and hiked out in the same amount of time (about 15 hours) as it took me o Dragontail. I quickly shut up as I knew I had just gone from long, tough dayclimber to wuss in like 15 seconds. Still don't think I'd recommend this as a dayhike although it certainly can be done as one. Just made for another late night drive home for me. Hit my bed about 2:30 am but still glad I did it as it was great to hang with friends and get a peak in. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2004 10:40 pm | ||
| seth | Route Climbed: Serpentine Arete Date Climbed: August 1995 | |
| Slow group, made even slower by initial route-finding difficulty. While descending, group above kicked down a grapefruit that landed on my pack, about an inch or so behind my helmeted noggin, smashing my compass into bits... It's on the list for this summer... | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2004 6:38 pm | ||
| Moni | Route Climbed: West ridge via Colchuck Col Date Climbed: Jun 13, 1976 | |
| With Fred. | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2003 8:41 am | ||
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