Anyone been up Mt. Lyell recently?

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MZiebell

Social climber
Prescott, AZ
Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 4, 2008 - 02:16pm PT
I'm curious about snow conditions and the state of the standard route.
MZiebell

Social climber
Prescott, AZ
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 4, 2008 - 05:25pm PT
Bump.

wow - no response yet?

This is a climbers forum right? And that is a (slightly) technical peak, right? And not one person on Supertaco has been up there recently?????

Please, someone restore my faith...
rhyang

Ice climber
SJC
Aug 4, 2008 - 05:43pm PT
Lyell is a nontechnical scramble on the standard route. A few folks have been up it within the past month on summitpost.org.

Last year about this time I did the east arete (up) and the standard route down. There were ice patches on the glacier's left (eastern) side but it was so low angle on the standard route that a couple of guys were coming up without axe or crampons - just walking in the suncups. There is probably more snow this year.
klk

Trad climber
cali
Aug 4, 2008 - 05:45pm PT
There's a pic of the glacier from 3 weeks ago in this thread:

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=646894
HighDesertDJ

Trad climber
Arid-zona
Aug 4, 2008 - 05:46pm PT
Martin are you heading to the sierras?
MZiebell

Social climber
Prescott, AZ
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 4, 2008 - 05:55pm PT
Hi Greg,

Been! Awesome trip!

HighDesertDJ

Trad climber
Arid-zona
Aug 4, 2008 - 06:10pm PT
I was gonna head there like tomorrow but Lisa and Huck aren't going to be around and things are crazy at home so I was considering bailing on the trip.
MZiebell

Social climber
Prescott, AZ
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 4, 2008 - 07:29pm PT
Thank you Klaus! Just what I was looking for...

Greg, give me a call at work 776-5134
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