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| Redwic | Turned Around On SWC Route Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2009 | |
| During morning hours and with only 540' elevation to go to the summit, in the Southwest Couloir, I suddenly had a bad feeling that a freak storm was coming. It was one of those "smell a storm coming" moments. Although we knew we could reach the summit OK, we were concerned about the possibility of questionable weather while trying to descend the couloir, so my partner and I agreed to turn around. Shortly after getting off the mountain, we turned around and could no longer see the mountain! We considered waiting out the storm to make another attempt, but the storm lasted (for the most part) for two days! It was a frustrating decision to turn around, but it was the right decision. We lived to climb another day, and the mountain is not going anywhere. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2009 3:27 pm | ||
| CBakwin | YO  Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2009 | |
| Much more beautiful approach than Froze to Death. Better campsite on middle Sky Top lake as well. The Coloir was filled with ice in places so we climbed easy 5th class rock on the left, then the right on the way up. Exit the coloir short of the top, to the right for easier climbing. Very fun route! | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2009 12:02 pm | ||
| Tbacon251 | Made it! Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009 | |
| Finally reached the summit after three tries for the Cops on Top Summit for Heroes memorial climb! | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2009 12:39 pm | ||
| reboyles | Southern approach Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2007 | |
| We started the approach to the S.W. Couloir route using the (Summit Post recommended) route that goes to Lower and Upper Aero Lakes but veered off to the Lone Elk and Skytop Lake drainage which we found to be much better. On descent we avoided Aero lake and used the Sky Top Creek drainage all the way to the junction above the Lady of the Lake trail. See the map (Sky Top Creek approach.jpg) in images for more details. Climbers note: Staying right at the top of the couloir will lead to a rib that keeps you on 3rd class ground all the way to the summit. Veering left out of the couloir quickly leads to 4th and 5th class climbing. Ice or snow in the couloir could make this route much more difficult. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2007 8:05 pm | ||
| splattski | 29 hour round trip Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2007 | |
| Bob (reboyles), Tom and I enjoyed t-shirt weather on the summit after a long, fun, and technically easy approach and climb. Thanks to Vince for the beta. Trip report | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2007 9:01 am | ||
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