Colorado Alpine Rock Conditions Summer 2014
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Curious about the condition of the Flying Buttress and Pervertical. Friend was on cables yesterday and said things were pretty iced up, and the diamond was super wet. |
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Well, it rained a fair amount everyday for the last five days including through yesterday evening. A dusting of snow was visible above 12,000 ft some of those days. Much dryer air is moving into the state today and tomorrow. So, routes that dry out quickly may be ok. But, routes that see seepage from above may remain wet for a while. I suspect Flying Buttress could be good to go by tomorrow since it doesn't have much terrain above it that seeps onto the route. I couldn't speak for Pervertical. |
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Sagar Gondalia wrote:Curious about the condition of the Flying Buttress and Pervertical. Friend was on cables yesterday and said things were pretty iced up, and the diamond was super wet.Haven't been to longs, but I know that the Indian Peaks are crazy wet. Went up to Devil's Thumb last sunday and had to turn back because the cloud cover came in. Cloudy from ~5am to 11 above treeline. Most of the cliffs up there looks pretty wet. |
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Judging from the webcam, looks like Longs got hammered all day. Guessing the odds of Pervertical being dry tomorrow are not good? Anyone know how Spearhead is doing? |
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Gold Plated Rocket Pony wrote:Bump Interested in the diamand and spearhead if anyone has info but my gut says the season might be over now.Spearhead was fine a few days ago. Pretty windy, but everything else was near perfect. |
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anybody been on chasm view recently? |
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Really would like to climb Sharks tooth (canceled my plans twice in summer because of rain). Has anybody been there recently? Hoping the snow and ice will melt by Sunday. |
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SYLA wrote:Really would like to climb Sharks tooth (canceled my plans twice in summer because of rain). Has anybody been there recently? Hoping the snow and ice will melt by Sunday.It's in good shape. Three weeks ago there were 2 short (50-100 FT) sections of frozen snow to cross. Boots and a trekking stick worked well. The upper crossing (to the bivy site) has a steep section below it, so a slide there could be serious. Maybe take yak trax, or such, if using approach shoes. That's a pristine, beautiful place. Well worth the effort. |
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Any Longs Peak info? Too late in the season or will this week go |
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SYLA wrote:Really would like to climb ___ (canceled my plans twice in summer because of rain).Well ATTFT? (Aint that the F^%$ing Truth...) California want's all this rain and we keep getting it. |
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Odds on somebody with Lizard Head conditions? The 13er. Conditions would be nice. A partner to grab it a Fri-Sun before the big snow hits would be nice too. In Durango |
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how's the approach to the diamond look like? |
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bayouclimb wrote:how's the approach to the diamond look like?The trail to Chasm is nice and packed down, just a little icy. I'm not sure about the area past the lake but watched some guys approach this morning and they seemed to move along pretty quickly. |