Inspired by this recent John Scurlock photo of the Torment Forbidden traverse in winter conditions, last week-end Jim Nelsen and myself went to check out Forbidden WR as a winter climb. The road is open to the Eldorado TH and should open another mile to the last gate hopefully soon. Even in these high snowline conditions, you either need 4 days to do the climb (2 for the approach), or 3 if you have your beta really dialed (which we now have after this trip). It would also be helpful to have a party size larger than 2 to get through the trail blazing more efficiently. And this is where you could come in - we are looking for another party of 2 to go back with us to get this climb. If you are interested, send me some email. You should have experience leading rock and alpine ice routes and ideally a little mixed climbing. Here are some pix from our trip ...
Here's a pic from our trip ...
Even more pix are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/shannonpahl/ForbiddenWRWinterAttempt