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alkwok
Sep 10, 2004, 7:21 AM
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Any recent beta on conditions in Sierra couloirs, especially Thompson?
I heard in late Aug that Gilbert and Split Mtn. have mostly melted out. And this is what a friend wrote for Labor Day weekend:
Dana: ice the whole way on the right side (extremely brittle HUGE dinner plates with every swing), the snow on the left was very solid and fast moving
North Peak: Ice varied alot along the route (solid water ice on bottom, brittle in the middle MASSIVE dinner plating, and then perfect once the sun hit it later in the day)
I am relatively to ice in the Sierra. I have heard that couloir ice is usually best in late August, September. Is this an "unusual" year?
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sleeper
Sep 10, 2004, 12:32 PM
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See this link http://www.themountainguide.com/couloir/
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thegreytradster
Sep 10, 2004, 2:56 PM
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Split was completely dry mid July.
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papromulgator
Sep 12, 2004, 12:38 PM
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we were out there the 2nd week in august and did the central couloir of north peak. it was gorgeous blue ice for the fisrt half with a little dinner plating in the middle, but not too bad. i had not climbed in the sierras previously, most of the ice we had previously done was east coast or canadian rockies, so i felt very at home. it cerainly did not have the appearnce of classic neve which had been described by others to me, but was a great climb nonetheless.
there did seem to be a huge volume of ice with no fear of it melting out in august.
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