"I had climbed Royce and Merriam Peaks the day before, so I was well acclimatized for the shorter but much more intense climb of Mt. Dade. Due to the record winter the Hourglass Couloir was still completely full of snow in late July, except for the top 100 ft or so which had melted out. The bottom half of the coulior is pretty low angle and I made quick progress upward. The top half was steep and slushy making for a slow and exhausing climb using the ice axe in the stake position. I was on the summit by 11 am but the clouds had already grown dark. While on the summit, the snow flurries came, followed shortly by pebble-sized hail. I assumed the lightning wasn't far behind, so I made a hasty retreat down to the top of the Hourglass. From here, I took a deep breath than began the 1,000 ft glissade down the 40 degree slope. As I was sliding down, I found myself veering more and more towards the rock wall of the couloir and couldn't steer myself back to the center. Now too close for comfort, I rolled over and did a self-arrest. Once stopped, I walked to the center of the slope and finished the rest of the glissade without incident. This is an awesome route - it's tough but doable a..." — klotito • Jul 24, 2017

"Drove up from Vegas after work on Friday and got a few hours of sleep at the nearby Lodge. We met bright & early at the trailhead (well, the end of the plowed road - not quite the trailhead) and hiked in to Treasure Lakes, where we set up camp, melted snow, etc. We were up and moving by 430am on Sunday. We took the Hourglass Coulior, which still had plenty of snow. Once above that, the snow was patchy up to the summit of Dade. The views were tremendous!! We took in the sights and some snacks, then hiked back down to camp. Joel decided to try to glissade from about 2/3 of the way up the couloir. He ended up losing control due to the hard snow - his ice axe went flying, he rolled and somersaulted a couple of times and slid down at least a couple hundred feet at a pretty good speed. I was closest to the bottom, so I made my way down to him quickly to see if he was ok. He was a little shaken up & had a bloody knuckle, but miraculously was ok! That was a big scare! We got back to camp, packed everything up, then made the hike out on snowshoes. Sadly, most of us had to work in the morning, so we made the 5 hour drive back the same day." — Kevin • May 14, 2017