4/22/2012 Route: Northwest Gully Posted On: 4/22/2012, By: RJansen77 Info: Gregory_fischer, SurfNTurf, mainiac24 and myself summited Lindsey today via the standard gully. I‘ve just posted a trailhead update under the trailhead status page and should have a TR with photos up tomorrow night. Below treeline: The trail starts out dry but crosses large snow drifts that increase in frequency as you climb. When you enter the trees after the large meadow the snow becomes continuous, and even after an overnight freeze we postholed to our waists. Snowshoes are required in the trees, especially in the afternoon. The trail is difficult to follow because it‘s buried, but at present a snowshoe track exists that shouldn‘t be too difficult to follow. Above treeline: In the basin below the Iron Nipple / Lindsey saddle, snow is abundant and afternoon postholing will likely be an issue unless you have cloud cover and/or wind to cool the snowpack. I would resist the temptation to stash snowshoes at treeline right now and opt to carry them further. There are some slopes that can be glissaded. In the standard gully: Good climbing snow to the top of the gully, but mixed class 3 climbing (thin layer of snow over rock slabs/scree) make for a somewhat challenging ascent and tedious descent. The North Couloir looked full but it was still bullet-proof at 12pm, so we didn‘t descend it even though we wanted to. The class 4 ridge looked to have a bit of snow, but we weren‘t close enough to get the best ideas on it‘s current condition. Feel free to PM me with any questions! |
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4/7/2012 Route: Northwest Gully Posted On: 4/8/2012, By: warg Info: Had to park around 1.5-2miles below the trailhead. Snowshoes a must. No one had been up there for awhile, so we were busting trail the whole way. No wind - a beautiful 12 hour day. We met two people who were camping and planning on going up the next day. So there will definitely be a good trail if anyone else wants to go now! |
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10/22/2011 Route: Northwest Gully Posted On: 10/25/2011, By: ledhead69 Info: The trail is relatively dry up until about 10,500 ft. After that, you are in and out of the snow in the trees. There's nothing consistant enough to warrant snowshoes or microspikes, in my opnion. After getting further up into the basin and out of the trees around 12,000, it starts getting more snowy, but still inconsistant. Solid snow one step, and knee deep postholing on the next one. Quite frustrating but typical autumn conditions. I didn't go much past the basin, but the ridge on Lindsey looked to be relatively dry. |
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9/25/2011 Route: Northwest Ridge Posted On: 9/29/2011, By: sinyala1 Info: Climbed Lindsey on Sunday, 9/25 under beautiful blue skies and warm conditions. The trail was dry, but the North Face and Northwest Ridge routes were snowy. I detoured to stay exactly on the crest of the Northwest Ridge instead of slightly left (on ascent) of the ridge where the normal routes go. I did this because the normal Northwest Ridge routes had lots of of snow, enough to make them more difficult. This allowed me to avoid almost all of the snow, but the climbing was harder. I would rate it as mostly easy 5th class except for a couple 5.4 hand traverses and about 10 feet of 5.5 at the steepest part. Staying on the crest made the ascent much faster, and I easily passed the climbers on the North Face. No snow climbing equipment was required. However, don‘t try it unless you‘re at least an intermediate rock climber comfortable with moderate 5th class climbing and high exposure. -Chris Wilcox- |
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9/11/2011 Route: Northwest Gully Posted On: 9/12/2011, By: lackerstef Info: As of now, an Ice Axe and Micro Spikes are necessary. The light snow covering in the crux of the climb makes for a very scary ascent without the proper equipment. I was unpreparred and am thankful to not have slid off of the mountain. Take this seriously and avoid the great risk of going without an axe and spikes. |
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7/16/2011 Route: Northwest Ridge Posted On: 7/17/2011, By: ilium Info: Snow-free top to bottom. We hiked in trail runners. |
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7/9/2011 Route: Northwest Gully Posted On: 7/10/2011, By: Dathivas Info: Lindsey is snow-free from top to bottom. The gulleys going up the North Face route are very loose - we met a girl on our way up who was descending after getting clipped by a watermelon-sized rock. Use caution and be aware of those above and below you. |
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6/26/2011 Route: Northwest Gully Posted On: 6/26/2011, By: larkinrx2 Info: small snow crossings in the trees, well boot packed and almost gone. careful of multiple trails through the trees. team turned at 13150 since still snow in gully and winds in the sustained 30‘s |
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6/26/2011 Route: Northwest Ridge Posted On: 6/27/2011, By: gdthomas Info: The Northwest Ridge route is snowfree with the exception of a few inconsequential patches just below treeline after crossing the stream and a 50‘ patch near the bottom of the North Face gully. Rock fall was a concern. Another party, after seeing the three in our group wearing helmets, expressed regret that they did not have theirs. |
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6/25/2011 Route: Northwest Gully Posted On: 6/27/2011, By: butterflyer Info: there are a few patches of snow on the trail below tree line that make it hard to follow on the descent. Upper mountain pretty clear of snow little snow in the gully and two snow fields past that gully that can be traversed or navigated around. |
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6/19/2011 Route: Northwest Ridge Posted On: 6/19/2011, By: MichiganBrian Info: Ascended the ridge and descended the gully. Only snow was below treeline and the trail is pretty easy to follow. Good log crossing for the creek right at the Lily Lake sign. Gully has very little snow left, but that thing is an absolute choss-pile I have no desire to ever spend any more time in. The ridge is way more solid/enjoyable. |
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6/16/2011 Route: Northwest Gully Posted On: 6/17/2011, By: vistaphil Info: Still lots of snow pockets in the trees but pretty easy to find the trail. The snow in the gully that leads to the basin was firm even in the afternoon and is a good alternative to crossing the creek and trying to work through the snow up there. In the gully on the side of Lindsey, the snow has some very soft spots, lots of loose rock in between. Beware the snow crossings up higher as I postholed very deep a few times. All in all, most of the entire route is snow free and I did not use snowshoes or mini-spikes. |
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6/9/2011 Route: Northwest Ridge Posted On: 6/10/2011, By: Barb4rian Info: This route is mostly snow free. The only problematic snow is below treeline shortly after leaving the Huerfano Gulch trail. There are many snow banks dispersed throughout the trees that make the trail very difficult to follow. Because of this we ascended the boulder/talus field to the left and traversed into the upper basin around 12k. The gully still has some snow in it from the start to the notch. This snow remained hard even into the noon hour. Not skiable though, the run out is snow free as of now. |
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5/21/2011 Route: Northwest Gully Posted On: 5/22/2011, By: BillMiddlebrook Info: With all of the recent snow, Lindsey‘s standard route is still a full-on snow climb. There was some fairly unstable snow on the traverse into the gully but the gully itself was stable due to wind-scouring. Above the gully, there was more fresh snow all the way to the summit ridge. Snow below 13,000‘ was mostly stable with pockets of blown in powder. |
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5/7/2011 Route: Northwest Gully Posted On: 5/7/2011, By: BillMiddlebrook Info: The road is still blocked by snow 2 miles below the trailhead. There's patchy snow to the meadows past the TH and then continous snow to 13,000'. Didn't summit today but have included a few photos. Even starting the ski at 13,200', I got 2,500' of ski vert. Good times. |
