2015 Alpine Rock Conditions
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The left side of the chimney had some water streaks running down it but nothing was "flowing". I stayed near the mouth and face but if you went deeper in you would've gotten a little more wet. |
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Bump for Casual Route conditions. Thinking of heading up late next week. |
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Casual route - you'll probably be fine. D1 was the only really dripping one last week |
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Anyone been up to the petit lately? Is the snowfield at the base of the route gone? I dropped my ice axe between the rock and the snowfield and it was too far down to retrieve a few weeks back |
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The Blueprint Part Dank wrote:Anyone been up to the petit lately? Is the snowfield at the base of the route gone? I dropped my ice axe between the rock and the snowfield and it was too far down to retrieve a few weeks backDidn't see it on Friday. Good luck. |
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Bump for any weekend traffic on the Casual. |
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Casual Route: Go climb it |
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Did Red Wall on Chasm View yesterday. Things looked dry on the big D, Kor's Door, even Stettner's looked dry(ish). |
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Was on Lambs Slide 2 days ago - I'd say it's a little bit icy for a ski - but I'm not skier. Giving the axe a good plunge, I could get in about 20cm, no problem, but it was easier just to hold the shaft about mid length and use the pick of my axe instead. Skiing on it would have been heavenly a month ago, where climbing the majority of it with a pole was easily doable. |
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Lame, updated to mid-august now for opening. Previously was "late July": |
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Anyone been up in Odessa Gorge recently? Looking at Notchtop this weekend. I assume the snow should be mostly gone up to the base. Not sure how the show holds on the descent. |
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Mid August makes no sense for the Mt. Evans HWY, as it closes to Summit Lake on Labor Day anyways. |
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Any one been up on Birds of Fire in the past week or so or got a good look at the wall to see if it's dry? |
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Does anybody know if crampons/axe are necessary or a good idea for getting to the base of Chasm View wall? Thanks!! |
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Sara Campbell wrote:Does anybody know if crampons/axe are necessary or a good idea for getting to the base of Chasm View wall? Thanks!!I was up there a month ago, we brought crampons to approach CV Wall but didn't use them. I guess it depends on your comfort level but I thought the snow was easily kickable without crampons. We definitely didn't feel the need for an axe. |
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Don't need crampons to get to Chasm View Wall base, confirmed. My buddy used a rock, worked well enough. This was last Sunday |
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This is hilarious! We were in tennis shoes no gear like five weeks ago. I was almost afraid to go because of the comments on this thread. These r locals questioning bringing snow gear? |
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Jay, you sound like a real badass. Oh, and your carefully crafted online persona also confirms this, so...Congratulations on being a badass! And also, I really enjoyed reading the first sentence of your blog thing before I decided that your writing is comically bad, despite your bad-ass nature of badassness. |
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Dankasaurus wrote:I really enjoyed reading the first sentence of your blog thing before I decided that your writing is comically badHAHA... I had to check it out. "Its the 1,000 mile stare without the suffering on a high peak or bigwall for days and days." Wow |
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Wow, I say all you need is shoes and the haters come out in full force. Online badasses! Definitely can't compare to you ticklists. Someone told you I'm a writer? "Too much dank" I think. Haha kids... |