Looking for a partner(s) to climb the V-notch Couloir, 1200 ft, class 5 (on 14,000ft peak in Palisades, near Bishop Calif) sometime between april 20-30. your choice of dates! I went there last week and there is A LOT of snow. too much to snowshoe the 8 or 9 miles up to the palisades glacier with heavy packs.

So i am planning to return with SKIS!!! yay!!!

I don't mind leading it or swapping leads. If you dont have skis, then you should plan for 2 hard days of snowshoeing on the approach and 1 day for the climb and exit. I have all the needed group/winter climbing gear we need (rope, tent, protection, stove, etc). Also posted this on P&P. So.... who wants to climb mountains?

Isn't this route ice in the late summer? So it's probably covered in snow right now, right?
I'll climb it when it's purdy ice, but snow??

bergbryce wrote:Isn't this route ice in the late summer? So it's probably covered in snow right now, right?
I'll climb it when it's purdy ice, but snow??

yep snow right now. steep, dangerous, fluffy, unprotectable, exposed, and crazeeeeee wild!

no taker huh dave? i'll go if you take care of the gas.

a week of sunshine should take care of all that fluffy stuff.

kevin trieu wrote:no taker huh dave? i'll go if you take care of the gas.

a week of sunshine should take care of all that fluffy stuff.

various interested parties off-line but nothing solid just yet. What preferred days u got free Kevin?

Take a lot of pics if you pull that one off. Should be pretty epic!!

bergbryce wrote:Isn't this route ice in the late summer? So it's probably covered in snow right now, right?
I'll climb it when it's purdy ice, but snow??

Yep, snow makes it good to ski, from the Notch anyway

96avs01 wrote:

bergbryce wrote:Isn't this route ice in the late summer? So it's probably covered in snow right now, right?
I'll climb it when it's purdy ice, but snow??

Yep, snow makes it good to ski, from the Notch anyway

BB... u could tele this, no? wish i could ski good enough to do a run down from the notch. thats a double black <>!

Luciano136 wrote:Take a lot of pics if you pull that one off. Should be pretty epic!!

thanks for the encouraging words. hhehehehee.... i just got a partner for this. will post pictures if the camera makes it back...