Grand Teton Conditions

Hey all, my partner and I are planning to climb the Cathedral traverse in a week and wondering if anyone has done it yet this season (we know its early season for it), and what conditions look like along the way. Thanks!

• second hand info, Wednesday I was told by another climber that said the Rangers have yet to know of anyone going up the North Ridge on the Grand yet.  

Thanks Jon, I appreciate it!

Teewinot has quite a bit of snow on the East face as well...I would expect to deal with a decent amount of snow doing the Cathedral until well into August.  I was going to go up and try it this Saturday but weather looks iffy so we decided to go to the Winds.  Maybe I'll make it up next weekend, if you go Peter post up conditions and I'll do the same if I'm back up there.  

Anyone have any updates on conditions on the grand? 

No need for axes, spikes, or crampons if headed up OS/ Exum area routes.  Approach shoes are just fine.  

Still a bit of snow along the Koven and on the East Ridge of Owen otherwise everything along the Grand traverse is free of snow. The meadows are still covered in snow though (?), that was a bit surprising but not stopping anyone from climbing anything. 

I did the OS on Saturday and exum looked good while OS had plenty of snow and ice. After recent storms I'm sure that its worse now. It was manageable without crampons at the time though.

WOW!  ^^^^  Thing is coated! 

Think Death Canyon would be spared?

anybody managed to summit this bad boy lately? trying to climb it this weekend.

Flying out to do Complete Exum this weekend, we suppose that Lower Exum will be fine...but does anyone have any snow/ice beta on upper? 

People where skiing the glacier the last few days- upper Exum dries out fairly quickly but expect snow and ice to linger, especially on the descent. 

Bring boots.

^Ya I think Chaco season is over up there. Saw some winter like pictures from around the lower saddle. I bet the skiing was good on the middle teton glacier. I heard about people walking through waist deep drifts near the fixed ropes. That being said like Luke mentioned the upper Exum dries out fast and would expect people to be climbing that again soon. 

Any one been up the upper exum in the last couple days? Current conditions would be appreciated with recent snow event.

Does anyone know how the condition s are for the Exum route? Planning to do it this weekend, but would like information on the current conditions given the snow from last week.