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East Buttress, Mt Muir #61633 05/11/09 07:24 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 135 Huntington Beach, Ca southswell Member
southswell Member Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 135 Huntington Beach, Ca	Does anyone have any info on the current conditions of the buttress? How much snow on the route? Up

Re: East Buttress, Mt Muir southswell #61649 05/12/09 01:28 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 337 Steve Larson Member
Steve Larson Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 337	Basically dry on the route. The approach is still pretty snowy.

Re: East Buttress, Mt Muir Steve Larson #61651 05/12/09 04:04 AM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 4 Las Vegas, NV knmgreen Member
knmgreen Member Joined: May 2009 Posts: 4 Las Vegas, NV	Steve, was there alot of ice near the notch and upper chute. Doing climb this weekend. Did you use a harness for the last scramble up above the notch?

Re: East Buttress, Mt Muir Steve Larson #61652 05/12/09 04:14 AM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 135 Huntington Beach, Ca southswell Member
southswell Member Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 135 Huntington Beach, Ca	Originally Posted By Steve Larson Basically dry on the route. The approach is still pretty snowy. Steve, Just to confirm, you are talking about Mt Muir's East Buttress? Up

Re: East Buttress, Mt Muir southswell #61665 05/12/09 01:26 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 337 Steve Larson Member
Steve Larson Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 337	Originally Posted By southswell Just to confirm, you are talking about Mt Muir's East Buttress? Yup. There is still snow on the ramps and in the gullies, but the buttress proper looked dry.

Re: East Buttress, Mt Muir knmgreen #61666 05/12/09 01:28 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 337 Steve Larson Member
Steve Larson Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 337	Originally Posted By knmgreen Steve, was there alot of ice near the notch and upper chute. Doing climb this weekend. Did you use a harness for the last scramble up above the notch? Not sure what you mean by "notch and upper chute". I didn't go up Muir or Whitney, so I know only what I could see from Arc Pass.

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