North America, United States, Wyoming, Wind River Range, East Face of Goat Flat's Plateau

Publication Year: 1971.

East Face of Goat Flat’s Plateau. David Ravert, Ed Poznanski, and I ascended the snowfield which empties into Golden Lake (upstream from Phillips Lake). Although this snow chute is 1500 feet in vertical height, the climb covered 2000 surface feet on which ten fifth-class leads were necessary. The seemingly bottomless berschrund was crossed by an eight-foot snow bridge. Early in the summer this schrund is usually covered. Ice covering the last three pitches caused Ed to take a spectacular 200-foot leader fall. Descent was down the couloir. This chute is one of the few possible opening on to the Goat Flat’s Plateau south of the main pass on the Glacier Trail from Trail Lake.

James Halfpenny, University of Wyoming Outing Club