Status of Harvard and Columbia

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Re: Status of Harvard and Columbia

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stoopdude wrote:I hiked Mt Columbia east ridge yesterday. Summer conditions. Can confirm the SE ridge looked dry as well. Harvard is still quite snowy.

any traction equipment needed or just snow to contend with on Harvard standard route? Heading up in about a week. thanks
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Re: Status of Harvard and Columbia

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summitstep wrote:
stoopdude wrote:I hiked Mt Columbia east ridge yesterday. Summer conditions. Can confirm the SE ridge looked dry as well. Harvard is still quite snowy.

any traction equipment needed or just snow to contend with on Harvard standard route? Heading up in about a week. thanks
Harvard is now completely dry. My friend hiked it a few days ago and there was no snow. It looks like the post talking about snow was from mid June.
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Re: Status of Harvard and Columbia

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Tornadoman wrote:
summitstep wrote:
stoopdude wrote:I hiked Mt Columbia east ridge yesterday. Summer conditions. Can confirm the SE ridge looked dry as well. Harvard is still quite snowy.

any traction equipment needed or just snow to contend with on Harvard standard route? Heading up in about a week. thanks
Harvard is now completely dry. My friend hiked it a few days ago and there was no snow. It looks like the post talking about snow was from mid June.
Thanks for the response tornado man; was reading and typing on the fly at work way early and didn't catch the old date. I appreciate the update.
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"It's called CRAZY. And somehow, when you are bent over your poles, staring at your boots- heart heaving and trying not to cough your lung onto a rock= you look up...and you are looking down over all those beautiful mountains....and you wouldn't want to be anywhere else."

"For all the richness of normal, everyday life, it is good sometimes to trespass high in the sky, and live with uncommon intensity, experiencing something that gets close to the sublime."
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