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Since SchralpTheGnar has posted a trip report, all I have to do is add a bunch of my photos to supplement his fine report! Luckily, there are zero pics of me...
Who: Craig, Rob, me, Rob and Mike. Plus we met Natalie, Jaaron and Matt along the way Trailhead: 8,800' on Lake Como road Mode of Travel: Hike to Lake Como for overnight camp, skinned to ~13,200', crampons to summit Elevation Gain: 5,500' + RT Distance: 14 miles
On the road, approaching Lake Como
Morning blues
Jaaron, Matt and Natalie
Approaching the end of the basin
On the NW face. Snow lines directly off the summit. Crazy
Rob, climbing in the wind. Loud music helps in conditions like this!
Getting closer
Craig, Rob M. and Mike M. are down there somewhere
Um, Craig?
Closing in
Near the ridge crest, just below the summit
Finally
Ski
The direct entry to our ski
Rob skiing just below the summit
Ellingwood
Sitting in the middle of the face, waiting for the rest of the group to summit
Just about everyone had fresh tracks up here since it was re-filling so quickly
Mike dropping into the main couloir
I love this shit
Craig working his way across the upper face and Rob ready to drop
Rob (Schralpthegnar)
Craig
Rob (lodgling)
Craig
Dropping back to Blue Lakes
Ba-bye
My GPS Tracks on Google Maps (made from a .GPX file upload):
That descent didn’t suck! Ascent? Not so much... And I am glad that Jaaron’s prediction that the run will become mogul-y didn’t materialize:) Fresh tracks for all, woot woot! There were quite a few options too, which was nice!
P.S. I have some photos of you, I just haven’t gotten around to them yet.
Finally you got this bad boy. Congrats. But there is no rhyme or reason to this trip report. Oh, wait….there was rime at the beginning.
:)
I vote for pic # 6. There is something both insane and majestical about the dedication of ski mountaineers!
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