Alpental Spring 2011

as of 4 pm on 6/13, you probably need to walk just a few feet further. The area underneath armstrong is melting out pretty quick though.

hope it lasts till Sat. without having to hike to far

Thanks Guess I will have to wait and see what it will be like later in the week

Thanks again
Mike

On Sunday (6.12) it was possible to skin up Lower International with a few careful crossings under the Sessel chair, but I think that will be changed by this next weekend. There's still plenty of snow above Sessel.

Thank you jds for the pic it says a lot

Mike

Long-time lurker, first-time poster here. Climbed-up to the top of Chair 2 last Friday in the afternoon sunshine. Snow was patchy from the patio up to about the 4th tower of Armstrong then continuous the rest of the way up. Above Sessel it was all snow. We took a longer route up to the top of Armstrong by working our way towards Lower Nash then up the cat track in order to avoid a dangerous-looking snowbridge over a rushing creek in the "crotch" of Debbie's (we busted a hole in the bridge and probed with a bamboo pole we'd found to judge the depth... we never hit bottom).

Entrance to Upper Nash was mostly rock-free and great. Rode all the way down to the last 150 feet underneath St. Bernard w/o having to walk (some rock and bush hopping required). There are still some big cornices above Edelweiss and the upper BC but no overhang on them and it looks like they'll just melt-down as the summer wears on. Snow was suncupped everywhere with the top few inches nice and soft from the sun.

Sorry for the mid-quality phone pics. I forgot to charge my camera.

Edelweiss Bowl.


Nash Entrance.
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There's still a line down Cookie Monster.

Hey pipedream, welcome -- I fixed your picture links. The thumbnail function is still broken so I used the IMG tag instead... that's on the summer list to fix, just like it was on the spring and winter list...