Coleman Headwall – Success!

By:  Sam
June 23, 2012



The next morning we got up early and started the long traverse across the Coleman and Roosevelt glaciers to the base of the North Ridge.

We soon realized that a skinning side-hill traverse on rock-hard frozen corn was going to be tedious and painful, so we switched to ski mode and did a descending traverse more than a mile and a half onto the lower Coleman Glacier in a matter of minutes. Good call Allen.


The only photo of me from the entire trip. Sunrise on the glacier is amazing.


The Coleman and Roosevelt glaciers have some huge cracks in them, but due to the great winter we had, we were able to negotiate them with a minimum of hassle.


A foreshortened view of our ski objective.


As we climbed into the sun, the temperature got a lot more comfortable.

The North Ridge is a broad 30-ish degree slope that gradually steepens until it meets Bakers summit ice cap. On our day, it was covered with a boot-top deep layer of wind buffed powder.


Things got steeper.

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6 Comments

  1. mtl_ripper / powhounddd
    wrote on June 23rd, 2012 at 12:33 pm  
    1

    Would you like some cheese with your gnarburger?
    8O whoa.

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  2. Harvey44
    wrote on June 23rd, 2012 at 8:59 pm  
    2

    That is one great trip report. Thank you very much. Congrats on the accomplishment.

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  3. cliffy
    wrote on June 24th, 2012 at 6:37 pm  
    3

    way to get after the high hanging fruit!!!

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  4. christian
    wrote on June 24th, 2012 at 7:03 pm  
    4

    left coast loyalties are temporary. cog grease is forever. way to get it boys, SICK!

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    • Sam
      wrote on June 24th, 2012 at 7:06 pm  
      5

      You guys should really come visit… west coast inspection week anyone?

  5. savant
    wrote on July 19th, 2012 at 12:43 pm  
    6

    Great TR fellas – sorry I missed the “accident” can you fill me in?

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