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| Flyingclimber | Late start, Solo  Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2009 | |
| Set my alarm, so I thought, so started up at 5:45am , hit the couloir with the sun already up and melting the snow. Was fine for the first half then got soft, but wasn't too bad. Reached the summit on an almost bluebird day. Downclimbed the couloir. Fun day! | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2009 7:29 pm | ||
| randaro | Long day Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2009 | |
| Loose wet unconsoladated all the way. Cool summit! Left my new rope (unused) at the top of the col. ops. Fun glisade down the chute. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2009 9:40 pm | ||
| cavufool | Fun in the clouds Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2009 | |
| The best part was the climb from the top of the couloir (~13,500) to the summit. We were fortunate to have it untracked so it was a sort of choose-your-own-adventure. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2009 1:10 pm | ||
| teliason | Perfect Conditions Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| Longest couloir climb in memory. 4000 ft of top to bottom cramponing. Easier than I thought though. | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2009 7:22 pm | ||
| benners | Almost killed me Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2008 | |
| Great route, got hit by rockfall though as the Bells were rock calving in late spring. Nasty second half of the day, but the Bell Cord was otherwise a great climb. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2008 8:49 pm | ||
| s_tuning@msn.com | An "electric" experience Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2008 | |
| Camped at Crater Lake and started the route at 0600. The snow was rotten in spots (2" of slush over hard ice), the runnels were deep, and my pace was far slower than I had planned for. Reached the summit at noon to be greeted by a thunderstorm so close the sleet was crackling and popping as it hit. Tried to make a hasty descent an d learned there is no such thing. Downclimbed the SE colliour, but the snow there was even worse and the descent took almost as long as the ascent. | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2008 6:50 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | Back for more... Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2008 | |
| Ben, Jim, Dan and I went back to the Bell Cord to finish what we started the week before. So much had changed in a week, higher water in the lakes and rivers, more exposed rock on the faces and on the snow, and less snow to climb and ski on. We traversed to the summit of Maroon Pk from the top of the Bell Cord on a very warm day, and skied from just below the couloir becuase of poor snow conditions inside the couloir. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2008 10:24 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | Amazing line.... Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2008 | |
| Climbed the couloir with Tim, Jim and Ben with traverse over to N. Maroon and descent of the North Face. Burly day, good training for team DBL. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2008 2:24 pm | ||
| Timothy Pearl | Great Climb Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2008 | |
| A gorgeous climb with Eric, Ben, and Jim. Continued on to N Maroon, which was an amazing test of brains, balls and ability. | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2008 3:44 pm | ||
| Dan Dalton | First Time Ever Seeing the Bells Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007 | |
| Very good snow conditions, the runnels were not too large yet, but still a pain. Combined this with the S-N Bell traverse. Great weather! | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2007 2:35 am | ||
| km_donovan | High on the fun meter! Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006 | |
| Went solo and the conditions were good. Followed it up with the traverse. Pulled the Cord and rang the Bells! The self portrait in my profile was shot on the route. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2006 7:29 pm | ||
| seth@LOKI | Sweet Route Date Climbed: Aug 24, 1994 | |
| Start way early in the spring and early in the morning. We had a rare epic year and snow was still huge at the end of August. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2006 7:05 am | ||
| Dan Leonhard | Fun Climb! Date Climbed: May 10, 2004 | |
| This climb is great. Starting from the bottom of the snow gully, the route continues to be direct and straight forward. However, when arriving at the couloir, there is a branch that goes out left- it dead ends. Snow was soft but fun. Watch for loose rock!!! | |
| Posted May 29, 2006 6:54 pm | ||
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