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 Peak:  North Maroon Peak
 Route:  Northeast Ridge
 Range:  Elk
 Posted By:  appleseeds
 Date of Info:  9/19/2015
 Date Posted:  9/20/2015
Details

The standard route is completely dry until you reach the ridge around 13200. From there on, there is a consistent snow cover that ranges from 1-6 inches. We expected it to be mainly a dusting but took microspikes and an axe just in case, and it's good we did. The snow was surprisingly crusty and the spikes were very helpful (though not required; other people were climbing without them). It's not very solid though, and it often cracks when you step on it. Given the snow, we were not certain about doing the class 3 bypass around the chimney, though the chimney turned out to be doable but rather difficult. Many of the holds were covered in snow/ice, including the good handhold that many people use to pull up on the final ledge. We were unable to find that hold in the ice and had to wedge ourselves between the rocks and shimmy further up until we could step onto the ledge. We did try to clear off the snow from the ledge so maybe it will melt out over the next few days.


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