The Diamond and Chasm Lake Area: Pictures Wanted
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Does anyone have any pictures of the diamond taken within the last week? The latest I've seen is this one dated June 14, 2011. |
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Who's got some recent pictures? |
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I'm pretty sure there was open water on the east outlet of chasm lake. There is certainly plenty of flowing water up there as of June 24 AM. I don't think I got a picture of the diamond but maybe my partner did. He said there was significantly less snow on broadway than a week ago but the snow on the ledges is still clearly visible. |
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I climbed the Casual route last weekend. There was open water at Chasm Lake on the outlet side. The north chimney has one pitch of loose M3 terrain that is doable with one tool and crampons. Here's some pictures. |
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Thanks for the info Chris and Chris. Mr Sheridan, those pictures are great, looks like you got the casual route in truly alpine conditions. |
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David, I was just up there today.... |
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Thank you to those that posted pictures, especially Chris S. |
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Did u get a good look at d7? |
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Chris Plesko wrote:Did u get a good look at d7?Sure did. Feel free to send me a pm. |
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David, |
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Thanks for all the info People posted. Does anyone have any info/pic's on Spearhead? Is that going to be the same story or is it dry to rock climb? I don't have any ice/mixed gear, just a pair of hiking boots. |
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Hey Ben, |
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Hey does anyone have any info on the snow conditions in the Notch Couloir? Slush, snice or ice?? |
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Curt- Climbed the Notch on Saturday, approach was good and we were able to skirt around the left side of the lake to lambslide. Broadway was a mix of snow and dry terrain. The "boulder" move was dry enough. The notch was a little soft. At the constriction we moved right onto the rock because the snow started to look very soft and climbed some mixed terrain. The rock above that was dry and it was easy goig to the top. Pretty much simuled the whole route. We rappelled the NF and it was WET. The bolts have running water over them. If you happen to take the same variation as us could you look for some gear after moving from the notch proper to the rock. Couple pins, and few other things. One of my partners trundled two HUGE boulders one of which cut the rope between us and the other trapped him til we could move it using our pickets as levers. Scary few minutes but luckily everyone was ok. I have never seen anything quite like that before. Let me know if you want some pictures of conditions I would be more then happy to send you some. Safe travels. |
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Whoa! scary shit Ben! Glad you made it unscathed If you have any Pics of the N face (cables or otherwise) I'd love to see them. |
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Thanks for the info Ben... Crazy about the boulders. So glad no one got smashed. |
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John- Sorry, no pictures of the north face. We had to cut off my partners boot to get him out from under the rock so we were sort of in a hurry. We descended a wet snow snow field to the eye bolts (only two of which are exposed) as we got closer to the bolts the snow became more wet and you could hear water running under it. There was water running over the exposed bolts which made for a short but wet rappel down to the next snow field. The lower snowfield above the boulder field was even more wet and slushy. This was in the afternoon so I would expect morning conditions to be much more consolidated if you were thinking about an ascent. |
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Thanks Phill, hey what ever became of the plastic wires and the review you did? |
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As of 7-10-11: |
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@ George: Good running into you two yesterday on the Loft ledges. Hope you enjoyed the glissade down!
Jason |