This may only be an early-season route nowadays. I climbed it on 2018-08-07, and the couloir was all bare scree and rotten rock. Above, the east-face glacier was bare ice, and most people seem to climb the rotten rock to its left, where there are several fixed lines. The rock quality is uniformly terrible, with lots of loose stuff that you cannot help but kick down. I would not recommend this route.
seano - Aug 7, 2018 5:41 am - Hasn't voted
Route has changedThis may only be an early-season route nowadays. I climbed it on 2018-08-07, and the couloir was all bare scree and rotten rock. Above, the east-face glacier was bare ice, and most people seem to climb the rotten rock to its left, where there are several fixed lines. The rock quality is uniformly terrible, with lots of loose stuff that you cannot help but kick down. I would not recommend this route.