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"As you may or may not have guessed, the weather was a limiting factor on
getting into the Illilouette last weekend. I
encountered rain all day on Saturday and made it to the snow line at about
6500' soaking wet. And that's when the wind picked up - visibility to
about 200'. Check out the precip gage for the valley. I checked the
Ostrander wind gage for Saturday and saw that the high gust was somewhere
around 25 mph. I was heading up at about that time. Anyway, got to
within the last quarter mile of the top, figuring now that I needed to
get to the top to hide out in the hut and dry off and stay warm. Stopped
by a lil' avalanche chute that doubles as the express elevator to Curry
Village. See first photo. Immediately turned around and started looking
for my tracks that were fast disappearing. Loose snow all around. Heard
many rockslides that trip. Got back marginally worse off than when I
left and I am glad I came down because it rained all that night and most
of Sunday. Snow down to the valley floor. Maybe an inch of slushy warm
snow.
First couple of photos are of the trail and where I turned around.
Last photo is off Glacier Point Monday morning before I left."
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