Hi,

I want to do something this weekend for some easy Alpine Climbing/Mountaineering, but I don't have a lot of ideas about where to go and the current conditions.
Mount Langley maybe?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks!

So apparently there have been at least two pairs of climbing shoes lost on Mt. Sill. I wonder if one could do a bit more reconnoitering of the area and open up a discount shoe store from the back of a dirtbagger's white pickup truck. Just thinking out loud here... Aside from the pair of climbing sh...

It wasn't fossana's stuff, so it's still not claimed.

We climbed in the L-sheaped couloir only around 12pm and 5pm, both times the snow was pretty soft (high of 50 that day). We still had and used crampons.

Mosquitoes at Sam Mack weren't extremely bad, but still annoying, especially during dusk. During the night they were gone (we also had some wind).

This is a picture taken 8/31:

U-Notch bergschrund:

V-Notch bergschrund:

Hi,

we found some gear last weekend on the the L-shaped snow field while descending from the Swiss Arete. It was a pair of climbing shoes together with two other items. Don't think they have been sitting there for a long time. If it's yours, provide some details and we can arrange something.

Thanks.

Don't know if it helps, but on 8/28 it looked like this:

Does anybody have any current conditions on the Underhill couloir?

We just came back from climbing the NE Ridge. Snow was pretty solid, we brought snowshoes and crampons, but we didn't use/need either.

Hi,

does anybody know if crampons and an ice axe are currently needed for the approach? Do people usually leave them at the base and collect it later (obviously works only if the decent passes the start of the climb).

Thanks!

can anybody confirm if the catwalk has been melted out? Shastaavalanche.org says it is, but mountshastaguide.com says it's passable as of a few days ago. I was hoping to go this upcoming weekend.

I heard that the ascent from Tuttle Creek can be a little more brutal, very powdery and avy prone.

Hi,

we are thinking about going to Langley in two weeks or so to do Winter Pass or Army Pass. Does anybody have any information on the road conditions? I heard it's usually bad... Any other beta on the route is also appreciated.