The conditions as of July 27th were amazing. Hard, frozen snow, neve, and water ice were the norm. The first picture shows the lower half of the snow ramps and chutes on route. The second picture shows the vertical step out of the exit gully to access the upper glacier. As you can see, don't expect it to be easy 5th class rock. It was heavily verglassed and had a short step of WI4.
coolstine - Aug 8, 2005 1:01 am - Hasn't voted
Route CommentThe conditions as of July 27th were amazing. Hard, frozen snow, neve, and water ice were the norm. The first picture shows the lower half of the snow ramps and chutes on route. The second picture shows the vertical step out of the exit gully to access the upper glacier. As you can see, don't expect it to be easy 5th class rock. It was heavily verglassed and had a short step of WI4.