Provo Canyon Ice Report
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I went up Provo Canyon today to see if there was any ice. I was expecting to see at least something somewhere on Stairway, but it was completely naked and ice free. Same thing with Bridalveil. Here are the pics. |
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yeah...unless things start changing soon it's going to be a bad ice year...oh well |
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Apperently Dirtcicle (aka Pricecicle ,mudcicle, that piece of crap next to the highway)is in enough for a toprope... but once people read this it will get beaten out and fall down. |
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I climbed some great stuff not far from Bridalveil last saturday. Nice and fat, roughly 70-80' high, slab and steep (WI3-4+). No pix sorry. My partner didn't want the word out. He he. I win. |
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No far from Bridalveil in light Years? |
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Anybody have a more recent report on ice conditions in PC? |
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There is some ice on the backside of Timpanogos. It is a little more of an approach than the typical wasatch cragging though. matt |
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Yeah....little further than I want to walk, to be honest. I've gone up there the last 3 years before this one, but I can't bring myself to do it again this year. |
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I don't know that much about it. I was supposed to go up with some friends yesterday and had to bail due to vomiting child. One of my buddies sent me the picture. |
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You can see it from the parking lot in fact you can see the 80' piece of ice from the parking lot if you stand in the right place. There is a great multi pitch route up there as well. I have been up there three times this year and yeah it is a good hike but a whole lot of fun to climb. I have seen a moose every time I have been up there, along with deer and mountain goats. I started climbing up there this year, first of November. Its called mountaineering not sport climbing... I will be out again this week. |
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A wee bit thin, but finally forming. |
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NICE pics walter, thanks for posting up!!! |
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builttospill wrote:Yeah....little further than I want to walk, to be honest. I've gone up there the last 3 years before this one, but I can't bring myself to do it again this year.curious what you provo-gents consider to be as.. *far* |
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kirra wrote: curious what you provo-gents consider to be as.. *far*Well, I'm not from Provo really, but the climbs I've done up there were about 1.5 to 2 hours from the trailhead with gear. I've done it 4 times before (last 3 years) but for 80 feet of WI3 and WI4 to toprope, I wasn't feeling it this year. When I could wait 10 days and walk 10 minutes to the base of Stairway/Bridal Veil and maybe get some studying done in the meantime. Perhaps Provo Canyon has spoiled me? |
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After all the snow, there has to be some ice forming now! Does anyone know how Santaquin is? |
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We went up Stairway last Sunday found climbable and protectable ice, up to the fifth pitch where we clipped bolts until they ran out and the lack of ice stopped us. The fifth pitch is a long way from touching. The fourth was barely touching, third was steep and thin with some fun climbing at the top, second was thin and we had to climb the slab on the left. The first is in. We used stubbies-16s, cams #2 #3, and a assortment of pins. Oh yeah a few screamers are handy. This weekend should be a lot better. |
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Does Provo Canyon have much snow right now? |
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Probably. Provo and Orem have gotten a lot of snow the past few days. |
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I know folks are jonesing to get out on the ice but the storm moving in today is coming in with high winds and 1'-2' of snow. This is going to pretty much make avy conditions rather abysmal. The bowls above everything in Provo Canyon will be ready set trigger. About the only thing safe is going to be Stairway. Nothing formed in Santaquin (ie. Backoff or Squashed Head) will be safe - seen both slide before. The GWI might be okay but I have seen it slide from above as well. |
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On snowy days, Stairway can have quite a bit of sloughing off. |