Mount Sill via Glacier Notch and North Couloir

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This is good hiking and scrambling to one of California's fourteeners. In late fall the route is snow free. Earlier in the season crampons and ice axe may come in handy.

The route begins where the Palisade Glacier Trail ends. From here the route contours below Mount Gayley before turning left (SE) heading up to the Glacier Notch through scree. From the Glacier Notch, the North Couloir heads up to the NW until a rib is reached. On this rib the route turns East. The easiest path is just South of the rib and the summit is quickly reached.

There are lots of rocks, in all sizes, from scree to talus. Early in the season there is lots of snow, in September the route can be snow free.