This was a shit snow year, but we still figured something out. Wes, Deb and I met Taco at Manker flat. Once again, he biked up from the city! Hiked up towards the bowl. It is looking tragic:
We picked a snowy tongue, and started climbing up
Initially it's all super soft, and we climbed up with the axes, but no crampons. It firmed up in the middle somewhere, and we donned the spikes. It's warm, and what little snow there is is actively melting, triggering some rock fall. One of us was hit, but we were able to complete the mission. Eventually we crossed into the big continuous snow field
Then the sun set and the moon rose!
We kept climbing, and eventually crested the top of the bowl
It was real cold and windy at this point. As it should be. After a little break and a final push, we topped out at the summit
West Baldy and Iron:
This was cool. Stoked about next year!
