[pct-l] Oregon snow, Devils Peak?

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening,  AsABat,

That’s a fairly steep, north-facing aspect and it retains plenty of
snowpack.  I went down it in early August last year when there is about the
same amount of snow as this year.  At my age I don’t do much glissading so
I buckled on my instep crampons at the top of the ridge and side-stepped
straight down.  There weren’t many trees or much exposed brush until the
bottom.

The steepest part has only about 300 ft. of elevation change.  I think if I
were SoBo I would take my time and zig-zag up a route that stay away from
anything that looked like a glissade chute .  On top the trail was almost
totally clear, easy to find and was pretty good walking for a while.

Enjoy the hike,

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

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On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 3:41 PM, AsABat <AsABat at 4jeffrey.net> wrote:

> I hear about a big glissade down Devils Peak in Oregon, mile 1806. I may
> be going sobo UP that snow slope next week - any thoughts from those who've
> been there if it's reasonably doable for someone not in thruhiker shape?
>
>
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