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Trip Report for 6.30.17
#50542 07/03/17 08:16 AM
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My girlfriend and I began at about 4am on Friday, June 30th with a turnaround time of 11am. We had hiked up to Lone Pine lake the day before so we knew what to expect for the first couple water crossings and brought an extra pair of shoes specifically that reason.
Some other notes about our trip:
-The trail leading up to Outpost Camp is completely underwater for about 25 yards.
-The trail leaving Outpost Camp is also flooded, but not as badly.
-The snow begins about 1 mile before Trail Camp- microspikes or crampons will be very useful.
-We had heard about a few people making it up the switchbacks, which were still covered with snow towards the bottom.
-We opted for the chute but only made it about halfway up when we hit our turn around time of 11am. This is where I wished that I would have opted to bring crampons over microspikes.
-The snow got very slushy very fast. I personally would not climb the chute or attempt the traverse to the cables without an ice ax, but I am also an extremely novice climber.
-Glissading down was lots of fun, but remember to either hold on tight or use a leash on your ax! We saw multiple people lose their axes because the couldn't hold on to it while glissading.

All in all it was a great day. Spent about 12 hours on the trail, arriving back at the portal around 4pm. Next year we will definitely apply for a late July/early August permit.

Happy Trails!

Re: Trip Report for 6.30.17
kjohnson92 #50544 07/03/17 08:52 AM
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Consider late August or September.


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