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14 years 7 months ago #201246 by jackal
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Anyone know current WA Pass info?

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14 years 7 months ago #201249 by mick_scott
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I would bet that the party is over. I made some turns around Liberty Bell / blue lake three weeks ago and the snow line on the north side of the highway was about 500 feet above the road. There was still snow at the Blue Lk TH but it was melting fast. The main slide path where the climbers trail leads up to the rock was super thin - I'm sure its long gone by now.

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14 years 7 months ago #201258 by cchapin
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I went to Kangaroo Pass last Thursday (en route to climb Kangaroo Temple) starting from the hairpin turn. Coverage: there are at least 10 spots with dirt you will need to cross, some around 100 feet long, including 2-3 boulder fields. There are a ton of suncups and avy debris fields to cross too. As the previous post said, the party is over, and I did not once wish I had my skis with me.

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14 years 7 months ago #201260 by Chuck C
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Just got back in the past hour from there. Here's some pictures.

To add to the above, Liberty Bowl is very suncupped and runnelled. But the coverage isn't too bad. There is snow above Cuthroat lake (I was considering hitting that today but bailed after seeing the clouds pouring in) up to the Pass but I'd expect that to be suncupped as well. Drove up to Harts on Saturday evening and the snow starts on the road just past the Pass.

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14 years 7 months ago #201296 by watsonskipsmith
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