4/29/2018 Route: Ridge above Rainbow Lake Posted On: 4/30/2018, By: RWinters Info: No snow on FS 198 until 10,200 and very intermittent. Having said that all snow patches appeared to be passable and should melt out in the next 7-10 days. All snow is melted out around Rainbow Lake but some remains higher in the basin. Up higher around tree line there is about 1-2 feet in the trees. All but 50 yards is avoidable along the Ridge. |
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2/3/2018 Route: East Ridge Posted On: 2/4/2018, By: dolfh Info: 12-18 inches of snow on FR 198 between RT Lutheran Camp and Rainbow Lake. 12 inches of snow on 25 degree slope above lake to merge with east ridge of Eagle. Steeper slopes nearby. Snowdrifts on east ridge just below treeline. Long east ridge above treeline was dry and windy. The ridge narrows near the summit with a 30 degree snow slope to the east and a steep drop to the west. |
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12/17/2017 Route: Rainbow Lake Posted On: 12/17/2017, By: Tufftommy-BV Info: Road drivable to Rainbow Lake. We parked at the last Rainbow Trail junction but we saw a truck at the lake and an ice fishing shack out on the water. The trail to the ridge was fairly easy to follow. A fair amount of snow climbing to the ridge ~ 4-6" but not enough to warrant floatation. Once on the ridge is was pretty snow free with the exception of the last couple hundred feet of vertical with snow in the talus. |
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6/27/2017 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/9/2017, By: JasonKline Info: Summer conditions. No snow. |
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1/19/2015 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 1/20/2015, By: Bethie Info: We parked at the Lutheran Rainbow Camp at 8400 ft although if you are a good 4wd-er you could make it up to at least 9000 ft with careful driving on the ice. We didn‘t put snowshoes on until we entered the trees offroad around 9800 ft. From there we broke trail in a foot or deeper of snow until treeline. We stashed the snowshoes at treeline as the ridge was blown free of snow. The broad ridge was snow free & grassy. The final narrow ridgeline to summit was snowy in the scrambly rocks but we didn‘t even needed to use our microspikes. The surrounding peaks didn‘t even to have much snow & most ridges were blown free. |
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6/15/2013 Route: NE Ridge Up/Sth Ridge Down Posted On: 6/16/2013, By: IHikeLikeAGirl Info: Did Eagle/Lakes/"Thirsty"/13123B/Cottonwood. Unless something drastically changes: leave the gaitors, ice axe, crampons, etc. at home. Route was 99% snow free and any snow encountered could be avoided with slight effort. |
