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 Peak:  Mt. Yale
 Route:  Southwest Slopes
 Range:  Sawatch
 Posted By:  finnicky7
 Date of Info:  3/31/2015
 Date Posted:  3/31/2015
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Started around 730am and snow was still very firm, and only use micro-spikes to avoid slipping. Snow was so firm in never post holed until the first steep steps around 2mi. Unfortunately, the firm snow was too hard to in the first small couloir for my spikes. So, i stepped to side and found the main trail. The snow continued to hold all the way to the summit. Now the decent was a totally different story! It was a mess as soon as I glissaded of the top section, from that point on it was a post hole fest!!! The snow was SO soft my snowshoes/giant post hole makers were just as bad till I got off the last step down and into the second wood area, then it was fine, but lots of cursing ensued prior to that.

My suggestion is keep and eye on WX, because if it stays warm it going to get uglier.



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