Hear your point and made a note about this in the rating. Think you enter a slippery sloped though (no pun) as this post is meant for winter/snow conditions as that is generally when couloirs are climbed. The Class system is generally used for dry conditions which is what the final push past the couloir is with a normal snow year.

In the “hard” category for sure – a very very long and arduous day.

Hi Robert – from what I understand the access to this hike has changed a lot so you would need to start where I did. I highly recommend watching the video version of the guide as it will give you a much better idea as to what to expect. I am not sure what you mean with real time availability but the key thing you will want to check is the weather. If there is rain forecasted for the day of or lots of rain from the previous days, I would avoid this hike as the stream crossings could be very dangerous. I am not sure if there are local guides for this hike.