Trip Report
Basic Glacier Climb - Mount Shuksan/Sulphide Glacier
Dense fog, high winds and temperatures below freezing prevented getting to the top of the summit pyramid.
Mike McIntosh
- Sat, Jun 22, 2019 — Sun, Jun 23, 2019
- Basic Glacier Climb - Mount Shuksan/Sulphide Glacier
- Mount Shuksan/Sulphide Glacier
- Climbing
- Successful
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- Road rough but passable
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Snow from about 5000 feet on up. Did not find the solar toilet at high camp (6,400). Just one section of crevasses discovered. At about 7,600 feet the climbers route gets pinched between a large crevasse and the steep drop-off to the west. We crossed a snow bridge to climbers left of this crevasse, and encountered signs that previous climbers had punched through nearby. I'm not sure what will happen to this area as the season progresses and the snow melts. Perhaps the crevasse will remain passable to climbers left, or perhaps climbers will need to seek a way around it to climber's right.
Low ground clearance vehicles should allow extra time to navigate potholes and ruts. Our trip was conducted entirely in the fog. High winds and freezing temperatures above 8,000 feet, combined with the fog prevented an attempt on the summit pyramid. We couldn't even see it from our high point at 8,400 ft.