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Anyone know if there is ice/snow in the north couloir on Red Slate? I want to ski it at some point, so I though a recon trip with ice tool would make for a fun weekend while waiting for powder!

Thanks!

Alexis

Bump .. anyone know if the couloir is melted out this year ?

On 9/18/10 from the Lake Mildred area:

http://kathywing.smugmug.com/California-Hiking-Scrambling/Sierra-Nevada-Hiking/Mount-Baldwin-12615/13838505_Hfhz8#1014204612_5orkg-XL-LB

and then up a bit higher on the way to Mount Baldwin:

http://kathywing.smugmug.com/California-Hiking-Scrambling/Sierra-Nevada-Hiking/Mount-Baldwin-12615/13838505_Hfhz8#1014214000_Du3rX-XL-LB

Woo woo ! Looks in and looks icy Thanks Kathy !

Climbed this one yesterday. Headed up solo, but met a couple of climbers from socal (John and Sean) who were there at the same time, so we took turns breaking trail This was helpful because there was ~6 inches of snow in the couloir from the last storm.



Still, there was some neve & ice exposed so it wasn't entirely a slog



The couloir jogs left about 3/4 of the way up, which was perhaps the highlight of the climb. There were three separate sub-chutes to the summit, though I imagine you could also climb some crappy snow-covered rock. The chutes were probably partially melted out before the last storm, and even with snow there was some fun easy mixed climbing.







The last sub-chute topped out literally yards from the summit, which was nice. Full set here.

Nice work, Rob, very nice!

Thanks Vittles

I was checking out Laurel Mtn's NE Gully on Friday, and it looked like a bit of snow near the top, perhaps above 10500' -- there should be some 12mpix shots on my flickr set. I'd probably save it for next summer if I were you .. that funky volcanic stuff is not fun when wet, but it is a hilariously fun route.

Red Slate couloir is kind of in the other direction, and the approach is pretty long with ice gear, not to mention being a long route by itself. The crossing of Convict Creek is kind of tricky too -- probably best in late season (I've heard it can be almost impassable in the springtime).