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the rock can have some very interesting features... this thing on the left kind of looked like an old woman with a long nose... shot looking east down towards dragontail and the enchantments...
Marty Stuart @ KEXP 5-22-2017
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...for fear of Google, I won't say exactly like whom they were dancing, but the effect can be recreated by putting your thumbs in your belt loops. Then fannying about!
This Google Earth perspective may shed some light on route alternates. The guide book (the version that I have anyhow) clearly describes the eastern couloir that we descended as the one "of lesser gradient" and "the safest early season route". I just wonder if the guide book itself may have confused some of the information. Or possibly there is something missing in the book about how to get around the steep part of the gully.
In any case, there appears to be at least one other small couloir route between the main western Cascadian Couloir that we ascended and the route that we desceded. This image even shows what looks like a trail going up the small couloir just east of the main one. To view it full-size, click on "all sizes" above.
What do you guys think? I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has found this possibly easier couloir. Please comment below if you have a Flickr account or email me if not. For anyone who wants to see this in Google Earth, email me and I will send a KMZ file of this perspective. It's a lot easier to understand when you move around in 3D.