Middle Palisade
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 7:39 pm
Hi,
Thinking of climbing middle palisade this week. Wondering if anyone has any recent info regarding conditions there. A friend and I have a permit for Whitney's main trail, but been there done that, so we were looking for something other than Whitney or Langley. Ranger says Glacier Lodge Road is open all the way to the South Fork trailhead, but predicted snow up at Brainerd and Finger Lakes.
We're pretty much Class 3 climbers. Don't mind snow camping, but serious ice travel on steep terrain might be problematic for us.
Thanks
Thinking of climbing middle palisade this week. Wondering if anyone has any recent info regarding conditions there. A friend and I have a permit for Whitney's main trail, but been there done that, so we were looking for something other than Whitney or Langley. Ranger says Glacier Lodge Road is open all the way to the South Fork trailhead, but predicted snow up at Brainerd and Finger Lakes.
We're pretty much Class 3 climbers. Don't mind snow camping, but serious ice travel on steep terrain might be problematic for us.
Thanks