This is almost an epic climb. We have experienced almost all four seasons in
15 hours.
We started from the trailhead at about 5:15. The trail disappears in snow
after about 1000 vertical feet. We arrived Long Pass before 8 and cut across
to the base of E Ridge. We found a boulder where we dropped our packs and
continued scrambling on rock and snow to the base of the first pitch. Time
was about 10. By 11 we were on the top of first pitch. We can see clouds
from northeast of Stuart. They don't see
