Feather Couloir (North Couloir)  AI2

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Type:  Ice, Alpine, 4 pitches, 700 feet, Grade II Consensus:  AI1-2 [details] FA:  Season:  Fall Submitted By:  Cory on Sep 27, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (7) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

BETA PHOTO: Feather Peak (right) and Royce Peak (left) above R...

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Description 

This is a fun climb in an excellent setting.

When we climbed this in late September 2010 the bottom half of the couloir consisted of nice neve, and the top half consisted of 4 pitches of beautiful plastic ice.

We soloed up the neve and started properly belaying where the ice began. The ice gets progressively steeper until the top of the couloir. After topping out turn left and climb 70' of class 3 to the summit. Enjoy the spectacular view!

Location 

From the Royce Lakes climb up the north side of Feather Peak to the obvious couloir.

Protection 

Ice screws, and a handful of cams and nuts. Rock pro for anchors on the sides of the couloir was readily available.

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Kevin following the second ice pitch	Kevin leading pitch 3	Cory leading pitch 4
View from the summit straight down to Royce Lakes