Had big alpine snow, rock ridge, first ascent route plans, but the forecasted clearing on Sunday night did not happen. We left the car about 1am, hiked until 3am, and only more and more snow fell, so hiked back to the car. Slept about 5 hours, got coffee and slowly made our way to Barrier Bluffs.
I led up Cadillac Jack, 24m, 5.9. Tough 5.9, but likely tough since all really significant foot and hand holds were totally polished; feet especially required careful work and weighting, grade felt way harder than 5.9 for sure. Once up to the anchor, did a couple of top roped laps on Cadillac Jack and Squeeze Play. Squeeze Play was great as a TR would be huge challenge as a lead.
Fun afternoon after a night of hiking in the snow with big packs.
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