[summithound]

A few buddies and I climbed Colchuck Peak near Leavenworth yesterday via Colchuck Lake, Glacier and Col. The snow around the lake is patchy and the trail is relatively easy to follow. Conditions were great with soft bootable snow to the col. The ridge scramble from the col to the summit was on alternating snow and granite with areas of deep post holing. Great plunge stepping and glissading was had on the way back down to the lake. Ice axes and crampons were used.

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[Rainie Too!]

Wow, great weather! Do I know that boarder??

[summithound]

Haha, yep! He was raving about the great run down the chute but it didn't take long for us butt sliders to catch up.

[ale_capone]

Bumped into you guys for a second at the col. Had a good view from across the lake of the boarder coming down the glacier. Looked like he was rippin it!

[summithound]

Oh yeah, he definitely made good time down the chute. Too bad the Mountain Dew he'd stashed near the lake was missing when he got down ...

[ale_capone]

oops.. sorry. Guess I owe him a dew? It looked like it had been sitting there for a while. mystery 1 solved, now to find out where them bananas in my cooler came from.