C3 gully - Ellingwood Point from Zapata Creek

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C3 gully - Ellingwood Point from Zapata Creek

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Can anyone estimate when to expect the C3 gully on the Zapata Creek approach to Ellingwood Point to be snow free? The route description says that it melts out a month or so sooner than the C2 does. Just trying to understand when it would be possible to climb up the C3 gully in near "summer" conditions.
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Re: C3 gully - Ellingwood Point from Zapata Creek

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I will be descending Ellingwood via C2 tomorrow (if everything goes well), so I will try to get a picture of C3 so you can check out the current conditions.
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Re: C3 gully - Ellingwood Point from Zapata Creek

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Some pics here. http://14ers.com/php14ers/peakstatus_en ... ecnum=3322" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not of C3, but a comment says the C2 is about half melted out. If that is true, the C3 is almost certainly melted out.
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