Originally Posted by
Steve B.
Umm…. Wait a few days till it warms up ?. Really curious as to your location. That’s very cold for late August.
Unfortunately I have a bit of a tight schedule so if I'm going to ride it then it will have to be in whatever conditions are in place at the time.
I'm generally cautious about letting people know where I'm going to be before I've been there - perhaps unnecessary but it seems a sensible habit. In this area the weather should be a bit better at this time of year, and a month ago it was fine. But two storm fronts have blown in and so it's not great now. In fact at the moment the pass is officially closed with 3m of snow, so there is a good chance the decision will be taken out of my hands anyway.
Originally Posted by
GhostRider62
He is in the Andes going from Equador to Peru
I'd try to organize a taxi over the snowy climb or climb in the snow until you had to walk and walk down until below snowline, assuming you had superb foul weather gear, tent, and sufficient sleeping bag. Or, wait it out. Descending snow covered roads at 14,000 feet or higher isn't something I would do
Not quite, but a good guess.
Yeah, I agree that the descent is even more of a concern than the ascent. As things stand the pass is closed so not even buses are being allowed through. But hypothetically it's possible that a change in weather and snow clearing by the authorities could open it up again.