Mt. Edwards

Route: North Face Couloir
Posted On: 5/16/2023, By: zhanley
Info: Encountered small snow drifts shortly after Grizzly Gulch fork that are passable in high clearance + good tires 4WD. Continuous snow starts ~1 mi from the summer trailhead after which you cannot drive. Someone ended their day really early getting their truck stuck in the snow. There was a moderate overnight freeze. Snow was hard and supportive on skins on the approach. Ski campons were helpful in the apron of the couloir. Halfway up the couloir I started booting and sunk to knee depth which dramatically slowed progress; would have hoped for more supportive snow. At 9am snow was warming rapidly but clouds quickly came and prevented more thawing. Summited and promptly started ski descent at 10. There is still enough snow you can ski directly off the summit all the way to below the summer TH. 11am might have been a more ideal descent time for today with partial clouds, but on a hot full sun day you might want to be descending any of the Grays/Torreys/Edwards aspects that get early sun by 9. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 10/13/2022, By: NittanyLion14er
Info: Clear up to near saddle, couple stretches of snow but avoidable. Some patchy snow up top but avoidable or walkable, no traction needed. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 8/17/2022, By: Istoodupthere
Info: About as easy as it gets. One brief scramble, otherwise pretty much all class 1. Surprised to see 3 jeeps at various times drive up to Argentine Pass at 13,200'. Peru Creek is eerily very white. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 8/2/2022, By: jordanthebuff
Info: Really awesome trail. It's straightforward until Argentine Pass. From there, the trail disappears, but you just stay on the ridge or slightly right. I looped this route with Grays south ridge. The ridge between Edwards and Grays was a lot of fun and not super technical. It's easy to keep the ridge a class 2, but there are options to make it more difficult. Moderate route finding involved if you're keeping it to a class 2. The "crux" of the ridge happens just after you depart Edwards. There are two towers or points that I just stayed to the left of to navigate around. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 7/13/2022, By: NotTimid
Info: Ascended via the traverse from Grays, descended to Argentine Pass TH. Summer conditions! No snow on the slope up to the pass (or anywhere on the route). 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 6/10/2022, By: Ssgustafson
Info: Significant snowfields to deal with from Walfdorf Mine TH. Overall, a great morning on Edwards and McClellan - didn't see another person all day! 

Route: Edwards + McClellan: East Slopes
Posted On: 6/3/2022, By: funsizetiff
Info: Able to drive to Waldorf Mine on Leavenworth Creek Road. Some snow patches but you can just drive over them. 4WD required. Mellow skin on continuous, smooth snow from parking area to summit. There was only one dry patch I had to briefly take my skis off and walk across. On descent I carefully stepped across this with skis on. Started at 7, summit at 8:50. Waited an hour for the snow to soften up then it was time for the corn harvest! 

Route: North Face Couloir
Posted On: 5/19/2022, By: ClimberSkierDave64
Info: Skied the North Face Couloir today on Edwards. Pretty fun line, and it'll definitely be skiing even better after this next storm! Even with a light freeze, the snow was still supportable all the way up the line in the morning. We were able to ski to and from within a couple blocks of the trailhead using the creek drainage which is still continuous although some of the snow bridges are thin. Winds were ripping today! 

Route: North Face
Posted On: 5/19/2022, By: jmanner
Info: The North Face lines are aline currently, its pretty thin at the moment... But skiable from summit area to summer TH. 

Route: Edwards + McClellan: East Slopes
Posted On: 11/22/2021, By: Anima
Info: I parked at the 2wd lot along Guanella Pass. There was an inch of snow along the 4wd road for the first couple miles and then a couple inches beyond that. Lots of ice under the snow. The gully between McClellan and Edwards is holding snow but it can be avoided. Flotation is not necessary nor is traction. A couple Jeeps and ATVs didn't have a problem with the ice and snow on the road. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 7/20/2021, By: PikaSteve
Info: Summer conditions. Saw several mountain goats today: Andrew Hamilton on road to Waldorf Mine; one group at Argentine Pass and a group of eight halfway to summit. Well cairned route from Argentine Pass keeps route on the easier end of Class 2. 

Route: Edwards + McClellan: East Slopes
Posted On: 7/7/2021, By: GordoByrn
Info: Went fairly direct to McClellan, then made a loop by descending via Edwards/Argentine Pass. 5.7M, 2700 ft. Drove a little past the mine and parked in a pull out on the "low" fork after the creek crossing. I thought this would save us getting our feet wet but we would have been fine heading up on the hiker's right of the creek. This is a nice route, up high for a while, no crowds. Had my youngest with me and we plugged away. https://www.strava.com/activities/5591531458 I'll post some thoughts on the road in the TH section. g 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 7/3/2021, By: dcsheldon
Info: Little remaining snow and all avoidable on Mt. Edwards and Argentine Peak 

Route: Edwards + McClellan: East Slopes
Posted On: 6/20/2021, By: Skeletor
Info: Road to Waldorf Mine is completely clear. There are snow fields along the route to Edwards and McClellan, but easily avoided. No traction needed. 

Route: From Argentine Pass
Posted On: 6/17/2021, By: GordoByrn
Info: Five snowy gullies down to three. 1st was 40 steps to kick in, 2nd was 20, 3rd was flat walk across. Glad I had an ice axe. Used microspikes. Continued along to Grays.