Access from Reno, NV:
US 395 south
CA 168 west
Buttermilk Road south to snow closure
Run:
I hiked/skinned up the remainder of the road, then up McGee Creek and finally over the bergschrund at the base of the northeast couloir of
Mount Humphreys. I booted up the couloir finding rotten snow at the choke. I finally made my way up to the top of the couloir, dropped my skis and pack and scrambled up to the top. I returned and descended down the couloir finding wind-affected powder at the top, rotten facets and solid ice at the choke, more wind-affected powder below the choke and corn on the glacier and down McGee Creek. I measured the slope angle in the couloir at 49 degrees.
Elevation: 6110’
Distance: 12 miles
Time: 8 h
Mount Humphreys and my route
Mount Locke and its Wahoo Gullies
Mount Humphreys and its twin couloirs
Mount Humphreys, the northeast couloir, bergschrund and glacier. My tracks are visible on the glacier.
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