The 2011-12 Colorado Ice Conditions Thread

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	Tits McGee · Oct 10, 2011 · Boulder, CO · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 260 Ryan N wrote: Tits how goes it? Yea I feel what your saying, but when youve got an itch scratch it right? When's that Sarcasm font going to be available? Ryan, it's going great, I am ready to get out on some ice myself, hit me up whenever you want to climb! 0 Flag Quote
	Kevin Craig · Oct 10, 2011 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 325 I was up at Lincoln this afternoon and the warmer temps are taking a toll on "climb-ability." Everything was super wet and lots of water running under, over, and all around all the ice. Conditions not nearly as good today as they appear in Ryan's photos. At the top of the bowling alley, I tried a line on the left and backed down about 1/2 way through it (was solo, but still...) I doubt many screws would have been worth much today and definitely not on any of the steep wet stuff and top-outs are likely to be spicy at best. Recommend waiting until the next cold spell. The upper pillar could be brought down fairly easily right now with injudicious swinging/kicking (or maybe even just looking). I didn't spend much time near it. Good news is things are shaping up very nicely if given some time and cold weather to grow/firm up. Could be the best year in a while, given these caveats. 0 Flag Quote
	Ryan N · Oct 17, 2011 · Bellingham, WA · Joined May 2009 · Points: 195 BUMP for some ice!? 0 Flag Quote
	Copperhead · Oct 17, 2011 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 0 Ryan N wrote:BUMP for some ice!? Nothing below 11000 feet is in shape. It's been too warm. 0 Flag Quote
	Chris L · Oct 17, 2011 · Albuquerque, NM · Joined Jan 2009 · Points: 0 Has anyone seen Dreamweaver recently? 0 Flag Quote
	Chris Plesko · Oct 18, 2011 · Westminster, CO · Joined Oct 2007 · Points: 485 claursen wrote:Has anyone seen Dreamweaver recently? Who's got two thumbs and was caught in an October avy on Dreamweaver? Chris Plesko<-------this guy Not saying anything about conditions this year, just a friendly reminder to be aware of avy conditions from now until late spring. 0 Flag Quote
	Chris Plesko · Oct 18, 2011 · Westminster, CO · Joined Oct 2007 · Points: 485 Ryan-Nelson wrote: Damn! Was it a slab avy? or just a small slide. Glad your alright! Small soft slab from what we could figure out but it took me and my partner (simul soloing) 400+ feet and netted us each a broken ankle. It was a long afternoon of self extraction. This was 2009 BTW. 0 Flag Quote
	acouncell · Oct 19, 2011 · Estes Park, CO · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 190 Smear of Fear was looking good from the road, hard to see how the lower half is doing but the upper looked great. Buddies climbed Alexanders a week ago... 0 Flag Quote
	Jeff Fox · Oct 21, 2011 · Delaware, OH · Joined Mar 2007 · Points: 1,320 Someone on another site climbed Flying Dutchman 10/15. Also said Smear of Fear was in from the top only. Some ice low on Martha...FWIW. 0 Flag Quote
	jack roberts · Oct 21, 2011 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2002 · Points: 0 Dreamweaver is IN shape all the way from top to bottom but is mainly packed snow. Highlander is also completely formed and is mainly packed snow. A short pitch of ice at the top. Smear of Fear has partially formed and is only 100 feet long......has a ways to go. Not much snow up there yesterday. Lake is NOT frozen . Walked up to far side of Chasm Lake in running shoes.............. 0 Flag Quote
	ozman · Oct 22, 2011 · CO / NM · Joined Jan 2011 · Points: 510 climbed Direct North Face today in Silverton. TBI conditions. 0 Flag Quote
	Kevin Craig · Oct 22, 2011 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 325 ozman wrote:climbed Direct North Face today in Silverton. TBI conditions. Totally Bomber Ice???? 0 Flag Quote
	George Barnes · Oct 22, 2011 · Westminster, CO · Joined Mar 2008 · Points: 175 Kevin Craig wrote: Totally Bomber Ice???? Traumatic brain injury? 0 Flag Quote
	Taylor-B. · Oct 22, 2011 · Valdez, AK · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 3,186 North Star North Star with the climbers right start in good condition. 0 Flag Quote
	Rodney P · Oct 23, 2011 · Ouray,CO · Joined Oct 2011 · Points: 335 South Mineral Creek today. The big picture. South Mineral creek today, who wants to go climbing? 0 Flag Quote
	Noah McKelvin · Oct 24, 2011 · Colorado Springs, CO · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 1,500 Smear of Fear has a ways to go as stated in previous posts. But there are other climbs coming into shape in the next couple of weeks. Flying Dutchman and Dreamweaver are looking pretty good right now. Martha looks bone dry. Here are a couple pictures from Saturday. Chockstone crux. Pitch one. 0 Flag Quote
	ozman · Oct 24, 2011 · CO / NM · Joined Jan 2011 · Points: 510 sorry, Thin But In.....ice conditions. I like the brain injury one though! 0 Flag Quote
	Clifford Mallory · Oct 26, 2011 · Casper WY · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 25 Dittos I like ice too. But you cant cook before the fire is started 0 Flag Quote
	Noah McKelvin · Oct 27, 2011 · Colorado Springs, CO · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 1,500 You also can't cook if you don't know or aren't willing to search and find the fire because the fire is around! 0 Flag Quote
	Jon E · Oct 27, 2011 · Longmont, CO · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 96 Anyone been up Quicksilver, Kiener's or Notch Couloir? 0 Flag Quote