Current Pikes conditions?
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Re: Current Pikes conditions?
PS - Josh and Kevin are correct. Don't drop the snowshoes till you're past the Devil's Playground road. About a foot of new with lots of drifting.
Re: Current Pikes conditions?
I added a conditions report with some photos of the east side of Pikes Peak. I was amazed to see how wind scoured it is on that face. The wind direction was out of the north more than usual which appears to have taken everything off of the east face. Even the usual cornice that forms near the summit is blown clear. You wouldn't know that over 2 feet of snow fell up there recently. Even the Barr "Couloir" is bareley visible, cerainly not filled in enough to be a decent route right now.
http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/peakstatu ... recnum=133
http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/peakstatu ... recnum=133
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Re: Current Pikes conditions?
I was up on the Barr trail Monday this week... snow was loose and drifted up to 3' in places (10" - 15" most everywhere else) above Barr Camp. Trail was difficult to follow the closer I got to the A-Frame... (did not get higher... breaking trail to A-frame took more time than I had expected).CO Native wrote:Taken this morning:Lots of fresh snow recently and lots of wind. I'd recommend gaiters, snowshoes, micro-spikes, ice axe, avy beacon, probe, and shovel (and a partner with that gear as well). If you go Saturday morning you'll probably be breaking trail after Barr Camp.
While I was in SSs above Barr camp... and the trail was pretty packed when I got back down... there was another 3 - 5" of snow overnite Monday and - if there was any more snow this week... w/ wind... that track may well be completely gone... (as may be the boot track I left when I hiked out on Tues AM)