| North Palisade and the U-Notch | [ Sizes: Orig | Med | Small | Thumb ] |
The north face of the North Palisade from the summit of Mount Gayley, showing the U-Notch. Be sure to thoroughly scout snow conditions on the way up. Avoid the ice, or that huge bergschrund at the bottom will make for a really bad day. (Sierra Nevada, California, USA.)
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[ Post a Comment ]| Noondueler | I read Norman Clyde's | | 
Voted 10/10 | account of a bad day on the U when he lost it and plummeted down the notch barely leaping the schrund and spending the rest of the season recovering from a broken ankle at Glacier Lodge. | | Posted Apr 27, 2009 7:56 pm |
 | | Sierra Ledge Rat | Re: I read Norman Clyde's | | 
Hasn't voted | Lucky he was able to leap the 'schrund some what in control. | | Posted Jun 6, 2009 3:04 am |
| BigPineJosh | Nice Shot! | | 
Voted 10/10 | First of all, this is an awesome shot! I love the Palisades! Second, this summer, my friend and I climbed to the bergschrund and it was just a small level area with about a 10-15 ft. cliff... I've heard that it can turn into a crevass, but from what I saw, it was just a ledge with a cliff rising above it... does it depend on the time of year you go? | | Posted Sep 6, 2009 7:09 pm |
| | Sierra Ledge Rat | Re: Nice Shot! | |
Hasn't voted | Yes, conditions change dramatically. Once I climbed the U-Notch in the middle of winter and we didn't even see a crevasse or burgschrund at all. | | Posted Sep 8, 2009 7:24 pm |
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