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Lena, Bretherton Earth Day Weekend

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Posted by CliffedDoubt on 4/22/19 8:06am
2 nights, 2 big days, 2 summits with 2 runs each. Jake, Carl, Myself.

Left the Lower Lena Trailhead around 8:30 to a promise of clearing skies; reached and set a wet camp around noon-thirty. Climbed in the rain and into snow to descend Lena's North face in a break. Regained the summit for a south facing run into camp. Lots of wet activity. Rain returned at dinnertime and had us in tents shortly after sunset.

Sluggish awakening Saturday waiting for the sun to make last night's soggy boots and layers more appealing. Reached the Summit of Bretherton via the SE col/S. Face just in time to ski the weather/corn window to the basin floor and fill up on water. Re-ascended the summit to wait for another window and celebrate earth day in the meantime. Window never came so we opted out of the hairball SE chute, favoring another lap of the south face and return via the col. More wet activity on these south slopes, too.

Photos below, video to come

Photos:
N. Face couloir off Lena


Bretherton SE Col; milk lake, upper lena and camp to the rear


Run #1 off the Summit of Bretherton


Bretherton from the col. S. Face center, fogged out hairball couloir to the right


Frosty morning, recovering from a wet night. Note the glory-face staring right at camp, weather kept us off... Anyone wise to the history of tracks in this basin?
Link to Video on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/332021793

Dear world, 
Please stop snowboarding with poles out. 
Thank you

author=FairiesWearBoots link=topic=41858.msg164855#msg164855 date=1556038024]
Dear world, 
Please stop snowboarding with poles out. 
Thank you


Thanks for the hate. Would love to see a splitboarder move as efficiently as Jake in the mountains without... The way he crushes vert, he could be toting two giant purple marital aids and I wouldn't question it.

sweet video! that viz on the final run to camp haha  ;D

-splitboarder who often rides with poles out especially this time of year


Nothing personal against Jake. Just noting a growing epidemic.
It's like pushing mongo or paramarking.

author=FairiesWearBoots link=topic=41858.msg164862#msg164862 date=1556045779]
Nothing personal against Jake. Just noting a growing epidemic.
It's like pushing mongo or paramarking.


Or like flaunting one's superiority in public forums


That face does look cool. 

This is impressive or something; snow camping is rough enough without rain. 

-A softy

Awesome work there.  Great video too, it made me jones for snow...

Whippet real good. Looks like you guys had fun :)

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