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Provo Canyon Ice Report

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Tristan Higbee · · Pocatello, ID · Joined Mar 2008 · Points: 2,970

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.

Bridalveil Falls as of Thanksgiving Day 2008:

bridalveil ice (or lack thereof) as of Thanksgiving Day 2008.

Stairway to Heaven as of Thanksgiving Day 2008:
Stairway ice (or lack thereof) as of Thanksgiving Day 2008.

Looks like it might be a while... No ice yet, but great temps for rock, eh?

-Tristan

Christian "crisco" Burrell · · PG, Utah · Joined May 2007 · Points: 1,815

yeah...unless things start changing soon it's going to be a bad ice year...oh well

Adam Wilson · · Provo, UT · Joined May 2006 · Points: 60

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.

zoso · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2007 · Points: 790

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.

cdec · · SLC, UT · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 654

No far from Bridalveil in light Years?
The only ice I've heard about is high up on Timp or the WI II ramp we climbed a few days ago up canyon from the Y in LCC.

builttospill · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 0

Anybody have a more recent report on ice conditions in PC?

paintrain · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 75

There is some ice on the backside of Timpanogos. It is a little more of an approach than the typical wasatch cragging though.



matt
builttospill · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 0

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.

That stuff looks pretty cool though. I always just did the routes along the Aspen Grove trail, these ones must be higher up.

Are the first and second waterfall routes along the aspen grove trail frozen up? That's a nice short walk.

paintrain · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 75

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.

His description, "It’s on the Aspen Grove trail 9500’ ish, just below the hanging snowfield (which takes you to the Quonset hut)
It is not hidden or obscured in any way. I initially saw it from the car/trailhead"

Matt

Sunny-D · · SLC, Utah · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 700

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.
Dallen

jtwalter · · Orem, UT · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 806

A wee bit thin, but finally forming.

2008-12-11 Stairway to Heaven
Stairway to heaven

2008-12-11 Bridal Veil Falls
Bridal Veil Falls

Ice was forming on the lower pitches of the Fang as well.

Rob Man · · SLC UT · Joined Oct 2005 · Points: 40

NICE pics walter, thanks for posting up!!!

kirra · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 530
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*
builttospill · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 0
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?
Christian "crisco" Burrell · · PG, Utah · Joined May 2007 · Points: 1,815

After all the snow, there has to be some ice forming now! Does anyone know how Santaquin is?

matt tuttle · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2008 · Points: 40

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.

Santiquin word is that Backoff is in and thin at the top, Squashhead close, ACT, Candlestick no.

Also Stewarts is in.

Anybody been up Malens?

Enjoy

bsmoot · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 3,183

Does Provo Canyon have much snow right now?

Tristan Higbee · · Pocatello, ID · Joined Mar 2008 · Points: 2,970

Probably. Provo and Orem have gotten a lot of snow the past few days.

Allen Sanderson · · On the road to perdition · Joined Jul 2007 · Points: 1,203

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.

builttospill · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 0

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Agree with the previous poster about avy conditions. It is blowing like crazy up there right now. I wouldn't want to be in the runout underneath Bridal Veil, but Stairway is probably reasonable.

bsmoot · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 3,183

On snowy days, Stairway can have quite a bit of sloughing off.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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