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View from the Climber's Trail to the InterGlacier. St. Elmo's Pass is the col to the right. Photo by Brody Christoff

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lcarreau

Excellent !

Voted 10/10

How do you always hit the clear weather? :)
Nice view, and it beats looking at a map !!!

Posted Jul 31, 2008 7:02 pm


	Rob Ricks	Re: Excellent !
	Hasn't voted	Don't worry. As usual, the weather went downhill from here. Rob
		Posted Jul 31, 2008 10:25 pm


	lcarreau	Re: Excellent !
	Voted 10/10	Unfortunately, I know what you're talking about. That's the 'snout' of IG, right?? And the prow is directly above it? It looks rather steep from this angle, but I'm sure the going gets easier after you get above the snout. Long as the weather holds, that is !!!
		Posted Jul 31, 2008 10:49 pm


	Rob Ricks	Re: Excellent !
	Hasn't voted	You are right. That is the "ablation zone" of the IG in the background. It was mushy rock-strewn slop until we got higher on the glacial ice.
		Posted Aug 1, 2008 11:10 am


	lcarreau	Re: Excellent !
	Voted 10/10	This will be my final comment. I'm suspecting that the "ablation zone" gets higher or lower, depending on regional variations in climate. Do some people choose to ascend to St. Elmo's Pass, then ascend the Winthrop Glacier to Camp Schurman? Seems like that route would be a bit smoother. I'd really like to see it! Were there lots of marmots in this area ??
		Posted Aug 1, 2008 12:06 pm

Rob Ricks

Marmots

Hasn't voted

Yessiree. I posted a few shots of me with the critters (they were deleted by the link maintainer). The original summit route was from the lower Curtis Ridge and up the Winthrop. I'm sure a drop from St. Elmo's and up the Winthrop has been done. I thought about including it on the page but decided not to since I've not done it or traced it myself. It's probably a jumble compared to just going up the Wedge.

Posted Aug 1, 2008 12:49 pm

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