50 Classic Climbs of North America - Mt Shuksan's Price Glacier
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The climbers of the Pacific Northwest are a hearty bunch. Huge vertical relief, dense underbrush, long approaches and crappy weather are the ingredients that toughen their skin to the Dirty Harry level.
While doing our homework prior to attempting the Price Glacier route on Mt Shuksan we read, "Follow the trail that parallels the Price Creek leading to Price Lake." In Colorado, when the guidebooks use the word 'trail', that naturally implies a 4-foot-wide space, clear of all vegetation, well signed at any conceivable intersection where one might be required to make a route-finding decision. If there is ever a section of trail that the rise-over-run ratio is out of code with OSHA standards, college "interns" are quickly recruited to make rock steps that bring it back into compliance.
Not the case in the North Cascades.....read more at smileysproject.com
And don't forget to subscribe to catch all 50 Classic Climbs of North America.
The climbers of the Pacific Northwest are a hearty bunch. Huge vertical relief, dense underbrush, long approaches and crappy weather are the ingredients that toughen their skin to the Dirty Harry level.
While doing our homework prior to attempting the Price Glacier route on Mt Shuksan we read, "Follow the trail that parallels the Price Creek leading to Price Lake." In Colorado, when the guidebooks use the word 'trail', that naturally implies a 4-foot-wide space, clear of all vegetation, well signed at any conceivable intersection where one might be required to make a route-finding decision. If there is ever a section of trail that the rise-over-run ratio is out of code with OSHA standards, college "interns" are quickly recruited to make rock steps that bring it back into compliance.
Not the case in the North Cascades.....read more at smileysproject.com
And don't forget to subscribe to catch all 50 Classic Climbs of North America.