March 1, 2015, Eldorado Peak
3/1/15
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
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Spent the night up on the glacier, then summited on Sunday. Beautiful conditions. Things were a bit crusty up above 7800 feet. Snow started to corn up a little lower, making for good turns right below the Inspiration Glacier. A few wind loaded slopes were easily bypassed right around the crossover from Eldorado Creek Basin to Roush Creek Basin. Most areas were very stable. Be careful on the talus field - thin snow was treacherous!
Nice, thanks for the report, and sweet panorama!
Sweet! Did you bring glacier gear? Any open cracks?
I was on Eldorado on Saturday and went through the talus in the dark in both directions. We found the bridging to be good for us but it looked like a lot of the tracks that were from midday were left in much softer snow. I'm usually pretty nervous around crevasses and I would say that they are very minimal. There weren't any times I was concerned and there was only one that was open and it was near the summit ridge. We stepped across a very narrow crossing in an obvious crack.
Agree with Jason4 - only saw the one crack up near the summit ridge. We brought glacier gear, but ended up just being dead weight.
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