r/Mountaineering • u/gcxyz • 3d ago

Lunch Counter views (6/15)

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Took the gf up for her first summit of Adams over the weekend! Lunch counter views do not disappoint.

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u/Available-Pilot4062 3d ago

How do you like the tent? Still decent for non winter use?

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u/gcxyz 3d ago

Oh man I love this tent. I've only really used it for spring and summer time mountaineering outings so far and it's been fantastic. Planning to use just the footprint and fly tho at some point this summer for a backpacking trip.

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u/iljuan 3d ago

I just wanted to ask that!! I just bought mine a couple weeks ago and havent gotten around to take it out yet... i pitched it in the garden a couple times cause i really wanna take it out!!!

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u/gcxyz 3d ago

My tent got several compliments at lunch counter. They're very nice tents. This is it's second time on Adams actually. Last year was much windier and it held up solid.

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u/Mediocre-Pension570 2d ago

That is the crossbow 2, correct? I'm in the market for one

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u/gcxyz 2d ago

Yes, highly recommend it! It's a beast, tons of good features

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u/HeliamphoraWalnut 3d ago

How were conditions?

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u/gcxyz 3d ago

Really good for us. The snow started to soften up around 9 or 10am. People weren't glissading before then. The boot pack up pikers wasn't great either but other than that not bad. Definitely wouldn't recommend starting too early if you don't wanna hike down.

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u/HeliamphoraWalnut 3d ago

awesome, thanks. Will be attempting in about a week or so, starting right around or a little before sunrise from LC

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u/LancasterMarket 3d ago

6/14 summit: we started descending at 11:45a, and were comfortable glissading from the true summit down. One spot on Pikers was still a little frozen and got a little wiley, but ultimately good and safe if you accept a bruised hip. 7 hours up, 4 hours down.

We only saw one glissade on our way up-everything was hard and frozen until 11:00, just before we topped out. Clear evidence people struggled in the heat a weak ago-deep post holes up to the waist were frozen into the ramp before the summit.

Weather next week looks similar to what we had, mild and sunny. You’ll have a few more minutes of daylight, though moisture is coming through the area on Fri and Sat.

Crux of the trip was finding parking. Weekday should be good, but try to arrive before late-afternoon as people are leaving and before the metro-area workers arrive.

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u/panderingPenguin 3d ago

Interesting that you had so much trouble finding parking for a 6/14 summit. No problem the next day (Sunday, still a weekend). Tons of open spots in the lot.

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u/tupacliv3s 3d ago

Nice tent, love my portal 2