Wanted to take advantage of the nice weather and forced myself out of bed at 3:30am.
My original plan was to start at the Mount Tenerife trailhead but of course the gate is closed before 7am!!! (Why do they lock that?) I couldn’t find a great place to park so ended up going over to the Mount Si trailhead with the intention of crossing over via “roaring creek” connector.
Consistent snow starts above 1900 feet. Just go ahead and throw micros-pikes on at this point. I eventually connected up with the Kamikazee falls trail and that is where things got interesting.
It was a bit icy and the initial push past kamikazee falls is very steep and a bit sketchy. The ridge line is consistently steep but at no point did I feel I was in danger due to avalanches.
Caught an amazing sunrise. Summit is glorious with a giant cornice. The snow was very soft coming down with warming temps. Please be careful at the summit!!
Comments
Did you go up and down Kamikaze?
Posted by:
hauteroute on Mar 07, 2021 11:03 AM
Yup I went up kamikaze route. It was very steep. Felt harder than mailbox peak? Maybe that was my imagination.
Posted by:
Touray Kungkagam on Mar 07, 2021 04:15 PM
Cool. You went down that way as well? Snowshoes or just spikes? Thanks!
Posted by:
hauteroute on Mar 07, 2021 06:58 PM