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dillweed - Jun 30, 2006 5:31 am - Hasn't voted
great albumhow long did the hike take? how technical was it - do you need crampons and an ice axe? I would love to do this hike.
regehr - Jun 30, 2006 4:35 pm - Hasn't voted
re: great albumHi-
We did this hike over three days since we didn't want to be rushed or forced to move on iffy snow. However, it could be done in a single long day. We were on the move from 6pm-9pm getting to upper Maybird, then maybe 7am-4pm getting to upper Bells, and then maybe 8am-1pm exiting Bells. This was not moving particularly fast, we had a few routefinding adventures and also wanted to enjoy the sights.
In previous years the main snow problem has been afternoon slop but this year the very warm Spring seems to have consolidated things extraordinarily well, so we had to deal with hard morning snow rather than slush. Crampons weren't needed but they would have been needed to move much earlier in the morning. Certainly an axe was required, for example to get to the notch exiting Thunder Bowl. The scrambling was third class, and only that in a few places.
Crossing Hogum was particularly pleasant and went faster than anticipated, the snow was great. But with all the hot weather it may be a talus adventure already.
dillweed - Jul 6, 2006 5:03 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: re: great albumthanks. I just did three days in the wasatch too. I think I'll make up and TR or album. We started in Millcreek and ended in American Fork canyon. Fun trip.
imontop - Jul 2, 2006 4:05 am - Voted 10/10
Nice workVery nice pictures! Sounds and looks like a great route.
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