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Southeast Face Couloir aka S-Couloir
M1-2 Steep Snow PG13
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Routes in Flattop Mountain - S side
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Baby Dragon T M6 |
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Dragon's Tail Couloir T WI2- M1 Mod. Snow |
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Dragon's Tooth (aka Dead Elk Couloir) T M2- Mod. Snow |
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Enter The Dragon (aka Old Route) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b M4 Steep Snow |
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Smoke and Dragons Couloir WI2 M2 Mod. Snow |
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Southeast Face T Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c WI2+ M1 Mod. Snow |
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Southeast Face Couloir aka S-Couloir T M1-2 Steep Snow PG13 |
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Steep Is Flat T M5-6 Steep Snow |
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Two Dragons T M7 |
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| Type: | Trad, Mixed, Snow, Alpine, 1500 ft (455 m), 5 pitches, Grade III |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 3,095 total · 21/month |
| Shared By: | Jon E on Dec 11, 2011 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Description
This route ascends the couloir directly to the right of Dragon's Tail. Iif you are heading up towards Dragon's Tail, stay right. I stayed to the left more or less hugging the rock. The route goes right, up the face over some moderate snow or rock if melted out, to a tree. Then takes a left turn and goes up into a narrow gully of steeper snow/alpine ice which finishes with a vertical step of about 10 feet. The vertical step is ice/rock. It then heads right up more moderate/steep snow to a small rock step (you can go right, around it) about 10 feet and continues right up steep snow to the head wall (note: the finish of the route is similar to one listed in the S.E. Face of Flattop routes).
The crux was probably the ice step, since it wasn't at the time fully formed, so it made passage a little difficult.
There was a nice flat snow ledge about 100 feet below the headwall which made for a nice resting point, you could also probably bivvy there if you wanted to get some practice, there was good rock protection on the ledge.
Descend via the Flattop trail.
The crux was probably the ice step, since it wasn't at the time fully formed, so it made passage a little difficult.
There was a nice flat snow ledge about 100 feet below the headwall which made for a nice resting point, you could also probably bivvy there if you wanted to get some practice, there was good rock protection on the ledge.
Descend via the Flattop trail.
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