5.7 mi to summit
11.5 mi total
6,912 ft start
7,224 ft gain
6 hr 38 min to summit
8 hr 52 min total
May 13, 2023. Camped on snow at the trailhead the night before. Started from Bunny Flat at 4:11am. Skinned until just above Helen Lake and cached my skis at the rocks above Helen Lake at 11,200 feet. Solid boot pack up to Red Banks. Multiple small avalanches from the past week were along the cliffs, climbers left on the way to Helen Lake. One larger avalanche was evident in Avalanche Gulch drainage, you had to cross the debris field to continue right of the Heart to Red Banks. Windy on the ridge to Misery Hill, but not too bad with a hardshell. Summited straight up the summit pinnacle and descended via spiraling down and around the easy way. Sticky, potato snow on the ski back to the trailhead.
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out-and-backsnow on route
ice axe, crampons, helmet, skis, trekking poles, GPS device