Peak Condition Update | Mt. Yale

Details
Trail is snow packed from about a mile on, I did it at sunrise (32f at the car at quarter to five am, camelback hose froze at treeline) and didn't need snowshoes- traction would have been nice. Any later in the day would be a post-hole fest without flotation. Trail disappears below the summit ridge and a steep boot pack ensues. Easy route finding. Watch out for trolls on the second bridge.

Comments or Questions

The Moose	Awful Postholing 5/4/2014 5:11am I did this as a much later start the same day and left the summit at 1:30. Getting back below treeline is a nightmare, for any interested parties, I suggest as early of a start as possible.
LBDQ	Getting back to treeline 5/4/2014 12:39pm Moose- I was thinking the avy danger would be though the roof on those steep aspects below the summit ridge once the sun heated it up- did you encounter any collapse or other signs?
The Moose	Above treeline 5/5/2014 12:54am Surprisingly, most of the snow I traversed above treeline was still pretty firm at around 2 pm. I went on a route that avoided many of the deeper snowfields, didn't see any evidence of collapses anywhere though.