Peak Condition Update | Square Top Mountain

Peak:	Square Top Mountain
Route:	Southeast Ridge
Range:	Front
Posted By:	dogfuzion
Date of Info:	6/9/2015
Date Posted:	6/11/2015

Details
Guanella Pass road is open from Georgetown to the pass with no snow on the road. Square top is getting pretty melted out. We had to hike the entire trail to Square Top lakes before we could skin up. The east ridge is still skiable but may not be in a week. We skied the south ridge/slopes which had generally good coverage although you had to hunt and peck several times and one section where you had to walk carrying your skis for 5 minutes.

Details

Guanella Pass road is open from Georgetown to the pass with no snow on the road. Square top is getting pretty melted out. We had to hike the entire trail to Square Top lakes before we could skin up. The east ridge is still skiable but may not be in a week. We skied the south ridge/slopes which had generally good coverage although you had to hunt and peck several times and one section where you had to walk carrying your skis for 5 minutes.

Comments or Questions

AlexeyD	East Ridge 6/12/2015 11:02am When you say East Ridge, do you mean the long–ish ridge that starts right from Guanella Pass? Thanks! AD
dogfuzion	East Ridge 6/12/2015 4:17pm Yes that is the ridge that starts at the pass. But the ski route is as shown in the first picture, off the false summit down to skiers left of the main cirque. You can’t ski it from the start of the pass. Hope that helps!
AlexeyD	thank you! 6/12/2015 4:21pm Yep, that is exactly the line I was thinking of trying tomorrow morning. If snow gets soft too quickly, we’ll probably descend the SE face/ridge, as you did. Thanks!

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