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| Michael Graupe | Hourglass Couloir  Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008 | |
| Needed an easy dayhike after the 14+hr outing the day before. Beautiful weather but very hot in the couloir where I also got attacked by mosquitos. Soft snow conditions made for a great glissade on the descent. The top of the couloir is alredy pretty melted out and all the loose rubble really sucks! Amazing displays of wildflowers just a few 100ft below the summit. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2008 7:04 pm | ||
| 96avs01 | Dayhike Revenge Date Climbed: May 31, 2008 | |
| After being denied by high winds and snow at the top of the Hourglass on the 27th, we returned for a dayhike revenge trip a couple days later. Snow was still unconsolidated from the previous weekend storms making the class 2 section above the couloir particularly dicey, but at least we didn't have to walk the road section from the Pack Station a second time. Great views, will definitely be back to the Rock Creek area. Trip Report | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2008 7:31 pm | ||
| BCL | Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2008 | |
| Patchy snow below Long Lake, continuous above. Couloir was in good shape. Not as steep as expected. Last ~400 feet to the summit were a slog/swim through the snow. | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2008 2:11 am | ||
| Bill562 | Dade Date Climbed: May 11, 2008 | |
| Camped above Long Lake and climbed couloir to the right of the Hourglass, descended the Hourglass. Climbed with fellow CMCer Chris Nicolaides. | |
| Posted May 12, 2008 7:08 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2008 | |
| Trip Report | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2008 12:34 am | ||
| jimegan | MT DADE Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2000 | |
| CLIMBED WITH LVMC VIA HOURGLASS COULOIR | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2008 7:56 am | ||
| Climber Dave | Via the Hourglass Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007 | |
| Climbed it with catherid and gjonbelay below and 7 other people. Good snow in the coulior, till it ended. Great time on the summit, almost no wind, outstanding views. Fantastic weekend!!! | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2007 12:18 am | ||
| catherid | Route Climbed: Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007 | |
| Climbed it along with Greg and the SPS crew. A wonderful climb! | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2007 12:34 am | ||
| gjonbelay | Route Climbed: Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007 | |
| Conditions in the couloir were perfect from kicking steps in solid snow on the way up in the morning to glissading and plunge stepping on the way down in the early afternoon. Steve Curry lead 9 of us up this peak on a fun SPS trip. Trip Report. | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2007 6:28 pm | ||
| physics | Route Climbed: NE Couloir Date Climbed: Sept 15, 2006 Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2006 | |
| climbed the peak with ChuckO and oldmanmike from SP; they split off heading toward the hourglass while I carried my tools up to the northern side looking for any inviting ice. Spotted some water ice forming in a north eastern couloir and climbed it! ~ WI2, about 550(?) feet, class 4, good fun but C O L D! | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 2:04 am | ||
| ChuckO | Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2006 | |
| Wind, what wind?!?! Brrrrrr. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2006 8:06 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006 | |
| Debbi and I enjoyed easy couloir conditions on the way to the summit. The scree at the top of the couloir BLOWS!! | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2006 3:13 pm | ||
| jonhersh | Route Climbed: Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 1, 1999 | |
| My 1st snow climb in the Sierras as part of a Sierra Club WTC trip. It was such an fun climb that I've been hooked on climbing in the Sierras ever since. The views in this area are spectacular, particularly in the spring or early summer. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2006 2:09 am | ||
| cp0915 | Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2006 | |
| Traversed over there after Pipsqueak Spire. Good day out. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2006 4:53 pm | ||
| Deb | Route Climbed: Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: 13 August 2005 | |
| Took a solo day trip for an attempt on Mt Dade via easiest way possible for someone with a bad shoulder. Wellll, I ended up doing some 5th class climbing anyway in an effort to avoid so much scree. SO MUCH SCREE! The couloir was awesome, what 300' of snow is left, and the scramble to the summit was great fun while stopping to breathe every 3rd move. Beautiful view from up top, watched the snow clouds roll in and once I had descended safely away to take off my helmet and don the MP3 player, it started raining and hailing the entire trip back to my truck. Too tired to take my jacket out of my pack...what's a little water and ice in the hair during a 12 hour day in the Sierras?! Think I'd like to try it again with more snow, postholing beats scree. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2005 12:47 pm | ||
| dshoshone | Route Climbed: hourglass Date Climbed: July 10/2005 | |
| A lot of snow. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2005 1:57 pm | ||
| Sam Mills | Route Climbed: Steep slope right of Hourglass. Date Climbed: May 14, 2005 | |
| Day hike. Lots of snow. Puked on summit. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2005 7:22 pm | ||
| gluballs | Route Climbed: Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: July 4, 2005 | |
| Stunning. Um..... the couloir is steeper than it looks in the picutures. | ||
| Posted Jul 4, 2005 8:40 pm | ||
| Completebum | Route Climbed: S. Slope Date Climbed: July 3, 2005 | |
| Tagged this one as a freebie after traversing over from Bear & Pipsqueak Spires. Perfect weather and never saw anyone past long lake. I've also never seen so many BMW's and Mercedes parked at a trailhead in my life. | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2005 2:58 pm | ||
| balajisv | Route Climbed: Hourglass Couloir Date Climbed: 11 Jun 2005 | |
| Went with the Sierra Club (Loma Prieta - PCS). Conditions in the couloir were good. The Rock Creek drainage is very scenic. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2005 2:29 pm | ||
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