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Huron Peak - NorthEast Face |
Drove County Rd.390 till FSR381 and began approach of Lake Creek to Clohessy Lake from the cabin at 5:22am. There were three creeks to cross, but I found a spot to walk around the first, so just two to cross. The first one was running rapidly and the rocks nearly too small to walk across without getting boots wet. The second I could easily hop rocks to get across without falling in. Once across the creeks, the rest of the approach was uneventful, as it had been last week on 1st attempt. There was snow on the road within the first mile, but it remained firm to walk on. Miles 2-4 snow was nearly continuous with only a few breaks in snow along FS381. Snow remained firm enough to walk on. I reached Clohessy Lake by 7:40am, and began climbing up the avalanche path on the North side of the lower wall of Huron. (One week earlier I had climbed the opening in the trees on the South side from Clohessy Lake, and it proved to be a slog and poor decision.) The snow remained firm enough to boot pack the entire climb up the slide path. I crossed a rock field and within a few hundred feet I was in the bowl of Huron's North East face. I transitioned to skins and stayed on them till about 100 feet below the saddle. I transitioned to boots, and boot packed with an ice axe for support up to the saddle, then the rest of the climb to Summit. I reached Summit at 12:45pm. The snow was still in great condition. I strapped in for the ride down. I rode North along the ridge back down towards the saddle, and threaded into the North East bowl. I opened up and enjoyed some marvelous riding all the way back down the bowl to the rock field. I chose to stay high for my descent, so that I could traverse back across to the avalanche slide path I had ascended up. I walked across the rock field to the top of the slide path, then strapped in for the rest of the ride down. The snow remained in great form, and held the entire way down back to Clohessy Lake. From Clohessy Lake, I skinned out on snow at least 2 miles, then began unstrapping to skip snow gaps, and skinning where snow remained the next mile. Finally, the last mile I transitioned back to boot pack, and made my way down FS381, crossed both creeks, and arrived back at the cabin by 4:17pm 10 Hours 55minutes round trip. 10.71miles. 4700 vertical feet.
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