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Flattop Mountain - N side

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Flattop Mountain - N side


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Submitted By: Joel Levenberg on Oct 24, 2006
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BETA PHOTO: Taken March 2005 from Notchtop Couloir.


Description 

In a fine little drainage between Notchtop and Flattop mountains, you will find a multitude of rock and snow/ice routes. There are many possible routes up and down Flattop (due south), Notchtop (due north), and the terminus of the drainage, Ptarmigan Cirque (due west).

For the purposes of organization, we'll limit this subarea to those mixed/ice routes on the northern aspect of the mountain which are approached from the Emerald Lake area.

There are at least 4 distinct routes and 2 variations here including:

Flattop Gully
East Couloir WI2
Hourglass Couloir WI3-4
West Couloir WI3 M2


Getting There 

Park at the Bear Lake Parking lot (newly renovated) at the end of Bear Lake Road. Hike north of Bear Lake on the Flattop Mountain Trail. Follow signs to Odessa Lake, forking off of the Flattop Mountain trail. Break off trail and continue southwest past Lake Helene and up the obvious drainage.



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A view of the "Ptarmingan Fingers" (N side of Flattop) on 6-3-2007. We did the approach on the right side of the tarn, then traversed to the east couloir.

A view of the "Ptarmingan Fingers" (N side of Flat...