The chute just above the Hotlum-Wintun snowfield seemed to be iced up on 3-Sept-2006, so we climbed that instead of traversing to the climber's right over the rock into the ice gully to the left of the Hotlum Headwall.
The ice was mostly about 35-40 degrees, highly featured, and fairly aerated near the surface, but good blue ice underneath. Maximum angle I would guess was about 40-45 degrees, with slightly steeper bulges here and there.
rhyang - Sep 4, 2006 6:00 pm - Voted 10/10
Ice ChuteThe chute just above the Hotlum-Wintun snowfield seemed to be iced up on 3-Sept-2006, so we climbed that instead of traversing to the climber's right over the rock into the ice gully to the left of the Hotlum Headwall.
The ice was mostly about 35-40 degrees, highly featured, and fairly aerated near the surface, but good blue ice underneath. Maximum angle I would guess was about 40-45 degrees, with slightly steeper bulges here and there.