Has anyone been up there recently? thinking of giving it a try in the next couple days...

hey freddy,

i've been up in the park every week for the past month...on alexanders, fields, and all mixed up twice.....we were on fields a couple weeks ago and lambslide was black ice on the climber's right side (dotted with rocks) and skiable/nice cramponing snow on the climber's left side....the ice is gradually sublimating on the steeper routes and there's definitely snow on the ledges, but it's pretty bare for this time of year (my buddy wore running shoes to mt. lady washington)....anyway, the notch couloir looked like a bit of snow in there, as did upper kiener's, but it's drier than usual at the moment....it's been crazy windy the last few days, so perhaps there are some pockets of blown-in (careful!) snow....best of luck and let me know what you see up there.....rob

Thanks Rob! We ended up doing it yesterday. Lamb's slide is deep fluff on the left gradually turning to bulletproof ice on the right side (perfect cramponing near the middleish right).
the broadway ledges were covered with wind compacted snow almost like alpine ice in places...really nice.
Upper kiener's on the other hand was deep powdery snow wallowing. We had to pick our way up the rock to avoid trudging through too much snow.
It ended up being a long day but still tons of fun! the position is just incredible up there.

right on, freddy...good job! we're talking about going back to do alexander's to the eighth route, so we'd be in that neighborhood...right on.

what descent did you do? north face? how was it?

ciao man! RC

we rapped the cables route. There was enough snow to follow tracks down from the summit making the descent super easy! Alexander's might be a bit thin at this point though. We did it about a week or two ago and it has dried up since then. Id say its stil worth a try though!
Happy climbing!

was there any ice forming on the cable route? Any difficulty finding the eyelets? Thinking about heading up next weekend assuming conditions are good

Just a little bit of snow and ice on the north face. Eye bolts are just fine...

cool, thanks!