U-Notch in mid-late May

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Re: U-Notch in mid-late May

by aermotor » Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:44 am

Awesome shot showing the conditions, thanks jmcc! Going in two weeks.

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Re: U-Notch in mid-late May

by Kahuna » Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:51 am

Interesting to note that Clyde still has some snow/ice in it. A total anomaly for a dry winter. If it remains in this same condition by September, may just have to have another go at it as the bombs will have had ample time to detach and drop.

Thanks for the photo.

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Re: U-Notch in mid-late May

by jmcc » Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:38 pm

Here are some 100% crops, looks like the ice is setting up in all.
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Re: U-Notch in mid-late May

by Kahuna » Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:03 pm

Bombs away in the V! DAMN...look at all then killers piled up from the mid point down to the start.

Again, Clyde is looking way doable and pretty clean of any recent bombs.

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Re: U-Notch in mid-late May

by Vitaliy M. » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:34 pm

A couple of buddies (one is also SP member) climbed Clyde in the first part of June. It had a water ice pitch that is missing now. Too bad, I wanted to get on that steeper flow.

here is his TR with a video:
http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Clyde-Coulo ... 1496n.html

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Re: U-Notch in mid-late May

by RyanBr » Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:43 pm

I was just up there this past weekend doing the Thunderbolt to Sill traverse and snapped these pics of the V and U Notches. They don't look good at all. I didn't see much of any ice formed and you can hear the water running down both chutes. The schrunds look huge this year.

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The V-Notch at center right.

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Close up of the V-Notch schrund.

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The U-Notch schrund left side.

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The top of the U-Notch.

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U-Notch view from the top of Polemonium.

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The top of the V-Notch.

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The spewed rocks below are of decent size.

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Re: U-Notch in mid-late May

by Kahuna » Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:37 pm

"Bombs Away...A-OOO-KAY"....NOT!
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YIKES!

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Re: U-Notch in mid-late May

by schaffner » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:11 pm

Ryan,

did you come up from the north side of Thunderbolt? How was the schrund there? We might be there next weekend.

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BTW: Does anybody know why I will be forwarded to my own profile if I click on somebody's name to send a PM?

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Re: U-Notch in mid-late May

by RyanBr » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:48 pm

No we came up from the south or Southwest Chute #1. So I have no idea how the schrund is right there. Sorry.

BTW, I have the same problems with being directed to my profile when clicking on reply to a thread or trying to pm someone. I found that if I use Google Chorme is does that but if I use IE it doesn't.

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Re: U-Notch in mid-late May

by labgloves » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:58 pm

^ I've had the same problem, but have found that logging out followed by logging back in restores normal operation.

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