Climbed Shades of beauty yesterday. Still in great shape. Plastic ice all the way. Trail is bare all the way to the creek crossing. The slope going up to the ice climbing is below threshold for any avalanches. We brought our Avi gear, but we could have left it behind.
Curtain call is still hanging in there. There is a crack at the top of last pillar. There was a party climbing it on our drive back at 1300 hrs.
Cheers,
Marco Delesalle