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| September vistas of Camp Muir |
Rangers have been experiencing an uptick of trash and human waste left on the Disappointment Cleaver Route. We ask you to please pack down what you bring up. Understandably, it can be difficult to maintain wrappers and micro trash, but please do your best to keep a handle of these items. These unsightly attractions detract from the climbing experience for all visitors. Please do your part and leave mountain in better condition than how you found it!
While on patrols of the DC, rangers have noted more human waste directly off the boot pack. The Paradise Wilderness Information Center (PWIC) offers blue bags free of charge to climbers.
Please be responsible and use these blue bags to collect and carry off your waste, otherwise, others will have to do this.
We have also found a number of soiled blue-bags left both at Ingraham Flats as well as along the route. Not only are these climbers not doing their part in removing their human waste, they are now littering and leaving plastic in a delicate alpine environment. Please, if you go through the effort to use a blue-bag, do your part and dispose of it into a designated blue-bag barrel at Camp Muir.
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| Human waste, blue-bags and trash left along the route |
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The DC route is largely unchanged since the last blog post update. When approaching rock features along the route, use cation and be on the lookout for hollow moats and ablated glacier ice.
There is still only one ladder on the route, currently located at 13,100'. This is configured in a vertical orientation.
As we make our way into September, climbing tactics have to adapt to the changing conditions. Be aware of more rock and ice fall. A fair amount of the route has ablated glacier ice present as well as firmer snow conditions. Come prepared with the appropriate climbing equipment such as crevasse rescue equipment, ice screws and pickets than can be easily be placed from a self-arrest position.
Safe Climbing!
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| Unstable boulders perched on ablated glacier ice, viewed from Cathedral Gap, looking towards the Ingraham Glacier |
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| Looking towards the base of the Disappointment Cleaver from High Crack |
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The Bowling Alley from the
Disappointment Cleaver over to the Ingraham Glacier |
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| Top of the cleaver, looking at the Upper Mountain |
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| Climbers descending the ladder |
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| Climbers descending the upper mountain, just above the top of the cleaver |
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| Current track as of September 2nd, 2019 |
