Mt. Dana via Dana Couloir Trip Report

On Saturday May 3rd I joined the Sierra Mountaineering Club on a day climb of Mt. Dana in Yosemite National Park.  

We got a 3am start Saturday morning from Folsom and drove through the night down HWY395 to Lee Vining, CA. With a great amount of luck Tioga Pass opened the same day we were planning our trip, so we were able to cut out a significant amount of the approach.  True to the weather forecast, it was a sunny but very windy day on the approach in to Dana Couloir (the Patagonia Houdini worth its minuscule weight in gold).

 After the approximately 4.5mi approach we stopped to put on harnesses/ crampons and some members roped up to practice hammering pickets.