South Spur Easy Snow
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| Type: | Trad, Snow, Alpine |
| FA: | Unknown. 1860s likely. |
| Submitted By: | Blitzo on Nov 4, 2006 |
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The shallow traverse from the false summit to the ...
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Description This is the easiest route on the mountain. It follows gentle snow/pumice slopes.
From timberline on road N81, follow an old road into a basin which becomes a trail on the left skyline ridge.
Follow this ridge to a flat area known as the "Lunch Counter". Climb up slopes due north to the false summit(11,700'). Cross the divide to the true summit.
Location From Trout Lake, take Forestry road N81 to Timberline Campground.
Protection Ice axe, crampons optional.
This "W"-shaped bowl serves as a nice landmark on ...
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Looking down at the snow that continues to the tra...
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Makes for a nice glissade.
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October conditions...ugh. Pretty hard on the knee...
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Wife Amandas feet.
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By Andrew Gram
Administrator
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Jan 17, 2007
| This is a terrific ski descent for those so inclined. The snow is often not great from the summit to the false summit, but from the false summit you can get thousands of feet of great moderate corn skiing. Someone determined could probably skin the whole thing, bt i switched to crampons a few hundred feet below the false summit. |
By BenCooper
From: Olympia, WA
Apr 16, 2007
| Definitely climb this route before the end of June. I've done it late season as well when all the snow has melted off, and it's hell on the knees. Mid-June seems to be pretty good for road access and for spring snow conditions. But it all depends on the winter snowfall. |
By Blitzo
Aug 25, 2010
| An easy hike and a quick, fun glissade down. |
By truello
From: Seattle, WA
Feb 7, 2011
| Has anyone done this route in early spring? I'd like to try it at the end of March but am not quite sure what to expect in terms of road closures (to cold springs), ice, snowpack, glissading, etc...
[edit] Talked to a ranger in Feb, said there's ~4 feet of snow on the road in. |
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