That is a hard one for sure when you put it as being "comfortable", for me it's not really a matter of degrees as it's a level of stability such as walking across smooth granite that has water flowing on it and is slick, I have felt uneasy there, or being on steep snow slopes that is very hard packed and I have no gear.

If the question is when would I not do it I guess it's when I honestly feel like I am about to die like I did on Colby Pass, cross country wet muddy scree at about 55 or 60 degrees barely keeping my footing and one slip being fatal, I "reluctantly" turned around lol

It's really amazing that aircraft could go so many years without being found in the Sierra but small aircraft could lodge themselves in any number of cracks in the sides of mountains.

Last edited by RoguePhotonic; 03/18/10 03:14 PM.