Never been to the Wind Rivers before and am planning on doing Gannett sometime this summer. With the odd winter we've been having I'm guessing the snow levels are lower than average? Any advice on the best time for a summit?
Thanks
by stromboli » Sun May 06, 2012 9:49 pm
by markv » Fri May 25, 2012 8:38 am
by pyerger » Fri May 25, 2012 3:01 pm
markv wrote:This is a rough guess only based on being up there three times in the past: with the lower snow, the best window for a non-slog approach with still max good snow on the upper mountain would probably be late June or early July. I'm sure someone local can tell you better, but since you haven't gotten a response, i figured i'd try my best.
If you really like climbing on loose rock, you'd be good with going much later than this recommendation.
by will98 » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:48 pm
pyerger wrote: I have been on the slopes of gannett three times myself, and climbing with june /July snow is the best way to go. I tried gannett in late Aug. one year, and it was a horrible!
by pyerger » Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:32 pm
will98 wrote:pyerger wrote: I have been on the slopes of gannett three times myself, and climbing with june /July snow is the best way to go. I tried gannett in late Aug. one year, and it was a horrible!
pyerger, whgen you say horrible how horrible are we talking? We are planning to climb gannett this summer but can only fit it in late august. Were you able to summit?
by phatty » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:43 pm
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