Spearhead Traverse crevasse fall

I'm still surprised to find parties doing the Spearhead without at least one light rope. Maybe I'm an old conservative guy, but we put one of our party in a crevasse several yrs. ago and were very happy to have a rope. That is the only time I've needed it in many times of carrying it, but my friend in the hole was quite happy we had a rope. Skip E.

Here is a shot of the Ripsaw-Naden col on Sat May 12th from another party. The bergschrund can be seen. picture is courtesy of hopalong from telemarktips.com

Did she punch through as they were booting up that short saddle? I thought she fell in up higher, on the initial traverse from the Platform-Ripsaw col. The spot in this picture would make more sense, especially if they traversed high after descending the Ripsaw and then booted across the bergshrund (which is what I did when I skied the route last year ... glad we brought the rope!).

Did she punch through as they were booting up that short saddle? I thought she fell in up higher, on the initial traverse from the Platform-Ripsaw col. The spot in this picture would make more sense, especially if they traversed high after descending the Ripsaw and then booted across the bergshrund (which is what I did when I skied the route last year ... glad we brought the rope!).

That's a really good question. I wish I knew. My route (and the standard route most people take) is lower then the GPS point I marked on the map. I ski across then sidestep with skis up to the R=N col