Been up Longs or Capitol lately?
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I'm planning on making an attempt Capitol Peak and Longs before the 11th and was wondering if anyone had been up either recently? Longs has got a ton of snow on it at the moment and there's plenty of conditions beta for the Keyhole, but I am more interested the Cables. Has anyone gotten a look at it recently? As for Capitol I was planning on attempting the NE Ridge. Wondering if it's covered in snow or not. |
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As for Capitol, we did it on 6/6 a few years ago. The route was still covered in snow and ice with some exposed rock. The knife edge was clear. I did it again a couple months later when it was totally dry and found it pretty mundane. No current conditions but there's an idea form the same time frame. Here's a TR if you want to see pictures. |
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Hiked up to junction to chasm lake last week. Trail was icy at times and merited microspikes about halfway to treeline. Didn't get a good view of Cables; the photo here just barely gets the top of it. Looks pretty snowy. |
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Cables Route
This is looking down the Cables route from a few days ago. Only two eye bots were exposed and the one pitch went at M1. |
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Oh NO! The skis are on yer back... |
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Thanks for the information guys. |