
Hasn't voted | Deerhorn would be pretty reasonable by itself. But West Vidette was a complete slogfest that really detracted from my enjoyment of the day... it featured one of those abysmal scree/packed mud slopes where I had to use my hands to try and make upwards progress. (Think Mills, only twice as bad). And I'd swear half of the moraine on the hike just to reach that scree slog must have been suspended in mid-air--whole piles of blocks would collapse when I stepped on one of the boulders. I found it a bit scary, actually (maybe, for peace of mind, I shouldn't have watched that Dateline special with Aron Ralston the night before?) Anyway, I now understand why West Vidette doesn't get climbed very often. |