| Peak: | Missouri Mountain |
| Route: | North Face Couloirs |
| Range: | Sawatch |
| Posted By: | chicagostylehotdog |
| Date of Info: | 5/14/2016 |
| Date Posted: | 5/16/2016 |
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Left the TH at 6:00am. Made it to the summit around 11:30am and descended shortly afterwards in perfect snow in the main couloir. We ascended a ridge climber's right of the C couloir as outlined in the picture (see attached, ascent in blue, descent in red) in order to avoid bootpacking and keep our skis on as long as possible. The crux of the climb was passing a gendarme on climbers right along the ridge just before the summit - we were glad to have axes (and crampons) for this section. Intermittent snow from TH to creek crossing. We wore hiking shoes for this section and I don't see the need for spikes or anything more. Beyond the creek crossing, we faced continuous snow which was hard pack in the morning. Afternoon snow from treeline to the creek crossing was brutally soft with lots of postholing and hard to manage on skis/snowboard. I would recommend an early descent to avoid this mess. I have also attached a picture of Belford from Missouri's summit. I have more pictures of the surrounding area from the summit I can provide at request. |
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