12.5 miles of hiking • 3250' elevation gain •
Winter attempt. Went up the SE face to the headwall, skirted around the right side and found a little series of steps along a ledge. Managed to get up onto the trail right below the summit, but sketchiness for other members of the group and diminishing visibility with fresh snow falling led us to back off and lunch in a lee area along the headwall. Shop's b-day was celebrated with 1 bottle of Scaldis Noel and 1 bottle of Kasteel Winter. Then the trudge back in beautiful light as the skies cleared. Back to the car at dark without headlamps.
JM
December 15, 2014
Wow! So jealous man. I've never done this. Maybe when it snows we can get up there in snowshoes?