Just afraid Oct will bring bad weather and I won't be able to do Russell this year. It would be interesting to try it next year with well consolidated snow...
A friend also wants to do the 9 Peaks next week which would be interesting too...
Saw your post about the Palisades on another forum. Good luck there. Man, you're on a roll.
Catching Russell before the new snow would most likely be the ticket - just heading up the MMWT in 1-2 feet of new snow was such a pain ( didn't summit ). I'm not sure I'd want to be on the exposed Russell scramble with a bunch of fresh on it. It's all about timing.
Yep - T-bolt to Sill traverse this weekend, should be a treat. Heading in from South Lake, camping just over the Thunderbolt pass, then back down the south side of Sill and over the pass back to South Lake. Weather permitting, of course.
And because I'm in a great mood this morning - Rosa Acosta:
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