Looking up the East Coulior. Note rock buttress below the top right side of the coulior. To the right of the picture, you can see the middle ("Hourglass") and West couloirs.

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Looking up the East Coulior. Note rock buttress below the top right side of the coulior. To the right of the picture, you can see the middle ("Hourglass") and West couloirs.

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Top of the East Coulior from the east. Note overhanging cornice and the top of the rock buttress below.

Looking down from the top.

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Kurt Bittner

Jul 27, 2004

“Looking up the East Coulior. Note rock buttress below the top right side of the coulior. To the right of the picture, you can see the middle ("Hourglass") and West couloirs.”

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All three routes.

Nancy Bell near the top of East Couloir, 8-1-2007.

The leftmost side as of 11 Aug. 2011.

Nancy Bell about two-thirds of the way up East Couloir, 8-1-2007.

Chris about to finish the alpine ice at the top of the climb.

Top of the East Coulior from the east. Note overhanging cornice and the top of the rock buttress below.

Looking up the East Coulior. Note rock buttress below the top right side of the coulior. To the right of the picture, you can see the middle ("Hourglass") and West couloirs.

Looking down from the top.

Looking up at the route, 6-3-2007.

East Couloir, July 6, 2013.

Looking up East Couloir from about midway up, 8-1-2007.

Diana Laughlin on her way to ski Ptarmigan Glacier, although it looks like she's heading toward East Couloir. A climber can be seen as a tiny speck near the top left-hand portion of the route. This photo was taken on 7-30-2006.

View of current conditions (8/14/10). Hard snow at bottom, transitioning into alpine ice. Ice screws wouldn't work well yet. Alpine ice at top, but with a sugary crust of snow. Very steep exit (Exciting solo).

Nancy Bell near the top of East Couloir, which reveals its first patch of alpine ice of the season, 8-1-2007.

The top of East Couloir, 7-21-2007. This photo is actually a continuation of the previous, taken from the exact same spot.

Bryan at the water ice near the top.

Mid-way up the couloir on what turned out to be a great day.

Looking up East Couloir from the bottom, 8-1-2007.

On the rock buttress near the upper right section of coulior. About M2 in difficulty.

Brent low on the climb.

Looking down upon East Couloir, 7-21-2007. The snow toward the bottom of the photo is a cornice in the foreground that has nothing to do with the couloir.

Nancy Bell near the top of East Couloir, 8-1-2007.

Nancy Bell heads left underneath a large block near the top of East Couloir, 8-1-2007.

Nancy Bell heads to the base of East Couloir, 8-1-2007.

Moonset over the Flattop Couloirs, 8-1-2007.

On the summit with Debbie McLain.

Rock belay about 1/3 of the way up on 10/18/03.

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