I climbed the Koven Couloir on Mt. Owen yesterday. The step through the lower cliff band was all dry rock, and the rappel anchors are in good shape. The upper couloir was firm snow, requiring front pointing in some places. Most of the rappel anchors in rock are still buried and we had to down climb much of the couloir. On the East Ridge, the short chimney step to access the upper snowfield is still filled in with snow, but starting to melt out. No rock is exposed yet for anchors. We chose to turn around at 10am at this step due to warming snow and poor anchor options.
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