Planning on doing the Owen Spalding route in late June next year (2013) and Im just seeking some knowledge on average snow conditions for this time of the year, if any, on both the approach and the climb. Also any information on the ability to camp or bivy on the lower saddle and any route data or variations not listed on the main page. Thanks for your help!
Upper Exum gets more sun and is dried out earlier in the season, and is a better route.
Have you looked at the NPS website for Grand Teton National Park?
Ryan N
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Dec 9, 2012
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Bellingham, WA
· Joined May 2009
· Points: 195
I second the upper exum. Don't mess with the Owen Spaulding it's not really climbing at all. If your going to haul all your shit up the 7 miles and several thousand feet do upper exum. Also if your going to bivy on the lower saddle GO LITE!
While we're on the topic of the Grant Teton, anyone have any beta on late winter/early spring ascents of OS or upper Exum? Specifically, is there typically enough snow to make the entire approach ski-able car to lower saddle and back? If one could ski out instead of slog, it would certainly be nice . . . Climbing car to car in September that hike out was kind of brutal (or maybe I'm just a sissy).
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