Route:  Dragon Tail Peak/Basic Route
Climbed:  June 4, 1994


Party: Mountaineer group.

Day 1: Hike into Colechuck lake.  Cloudy but clears by evening.

Day 2: High clouds at 5 am.  Start by 5:30.  Hike up snow gully to W
of mountain.  By 7:30 we are at the col.  Snow is hard and we use
crampons.  Weather is moving in.  We traverse up to the steep snow
gully were we spend too much time futzing around with ropes.
Fortunately, we find steps in the gully and ascend to col.  From col we
traverse left (this is the most difficult climbing ~ exposed class 3),
drop down from ridge to snow field S of peak, and ascend to peak.  The
backside of the mountain is a walk up.  We descend another snow field
E of the peak to Assgard pass and from Assgard pass to Colechuck lake.
Hike out and are at cars by 4:30.






[Route description written by Tom Unger]