| Peak: | Mt. Eolus |
| Route: | Chicago Basin Approach |
| Range: | San Juan |
| Posted By: | LadyClimber |
| Date of Info: | 6/2/2015 |
| Date Posted: | 6/2/2015 |
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My husband and I got dropped off Friday at Needleton TH. We hit our first patch of snow around 10,100-10,200, but they didn't get consistent until ~10,500. The snow stays patchy through the entire basin making travel troublesome: not enough snow to skin/snowshoe (we had to take them on and off every few minutes), but enough to make post holing a nightmare. The snow doesn't really get consistent on the west side of the basin until above the upper basin. However, the east side of the basin has significantly more snow...solid cover of maybe 3-6'. So if you're planning on anything such as Jupiter or Columbine Pass area, expect snow for quite a while. The west side will probably be mostly melted out in the next week or two. And of course there is a lot of snow above 12,000ft. We saw numerous natural slab avalanches happen on just about all aspects except due south facing. One of which was massive. So we just stuck to skiing mellow slopes around the lakes and ridges. The snow is perfect spring ski conditions. Personally, I'd give the basin two weeks to melt out and let the snow stabilize. I'll post pictures later. |
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