[zephyr]

[aussie1990]

Chasing an experienced climber / hiker to assist me and recover the packs as soon as they can . A carton of whatever you drink or reward will be awarded of course ! PM me for details

[fourteen410]

Maybe post to Cascade Climbers? Could also leave a note at the trailhead, too.

[Shred]

I've skied that line, where your pack is laying. What's the reward for recovery?😉

[Tom]

[aussie1990]

That’s the spot ! There isn’t snow tho like shown on the photo . My pack is at the bottom of that little steep bit . And we traversed down the steepest part from the ridge to where we got stuck .

[Tom]

[Chief Joseph]

Is it really worth the risk for some gear? Eventually the packs will end up in-on the lake where maybe Shred might find them while skiing this Winter? Or if someone who is skilled and confident they can do it safely and the risk-reward seems reasonable, then go for it. I like recon missions myself, but this one is far beyond my risk-skill limit.

[aussie1990]

This is the gpx I got as we came to the spot we ended up . It’s loose rock but myself didn’t have too much trouble traversing , just kept it slow . But it was different with the wife and the dog. There would be multiple ways to approach the bag . Either repel from where I dropped in or hike up to the spot . Be a fun mission but I understand I don’t want to put other people at risk !

[Tom]

The normal route down is to the far right and class 2. If you came down that way and then traversed over from below I'm guessing it would be reasonably safe to evaluate the risk. Hard to tell from the imagery.

[aussie1990]

Yes that would be the way we came . Well I’ll guess I’ll wait until I find a game taker haha

[contour5]

[Tom]

You tried to come down too far north. Here's a few pics from our trip in 2013. You can see the boot path heading to the ridge. You headed up from that tarn. This is what you should have seen from the top of the ridge. Note I scrambled the ridge to the north to get that last picture (the pictures are in order taken):

Edit: after going thru my photos from the trip I found one taken from Venus that may give a more accurate depiction of steepness. The 100% crop seems to jive with the picture you took of your wife. I don't know how safe it looked to continue down from where she called for help.

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100% crop

[forest gnome]

WELL at first I thought dammit another report for the masses to go leave garbage and crap all over the place... BUT THEN I STARTED LAUGHING SO FRIGGIN HARD... this should be a great story about your trip that you too can laugh at later in life...perhaps not now? DISCLAIMER: I have yet to read through all of this but so far it's gotta be the trip of the year for great story!! hey tom we need a sticky or print out the greatest reports koi the year, story-telling stuff about what.what can happen out in the boonies! I remember some thread about what can go wrong...some-one else said they got to the summit and SET THEIR PACK DOWN....sure enuf it tumbled down a gulley...his friend asked which way are we going and he said GUESS WERE going that way.... anyway, err sorry for your predicament....glad everyone made it out!!

[jimmymac]

Honeymooners have fared worse in the area. I was happy to see that the title of your post was a bit of an overstatement. I didn't know the couple in the news link, but their story immediately came to mind. If you were plucked by air, rather than escorted out, then you were either in reasonable peril or were just a great training opportunity. Glad you are both okay!