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The 2012-13 Colorado Ice Conditions Thread

Jason Antin · · Golden, CO · Joined May 2009 · Points: 1,375

Anyone have details on the Ouray area (aside from Vics post) - looking to go play over there this weekend....

Old Crusty · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 0

Is there anything to swing at in Vail? Thinking of heading up this weekend.

Tony T · · Denver, CO · Joined Jul 2009 · Points: 45
skiclimber wrote:Left an ice clipper biner and a reverso 4 attached to it at the base of Lincoln yesterday November 6th. I believe it should of been by the tree, let me know if you grabbed it and I will buy you some beer, I live in Summit County. Thanks,
I'll be up there this coming week. I'll let you know if I find anything, but I'm guessing with the impending snow it might get buried. Who knows though!
robrobrobrob · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2012 · Points: 10

Re:Vail
I walked up to Racquet Club not last weekend, but the one before. (Oct 28?) things were just barely starting to freeze, nothing that could hold any weight. We've had a bunch of warm days, but reasonably cold nights... i would expect it's about the same. If I get the time I'll stop by again and grab a photo.

coop Best · · Glenwood Springs, CO · Joined Jan 2005 · Points: 485

Thanks everyone for the info on current conditions and pictures

Climbnh · · Lafayette, CO · Joined May 2011 · Points: 286

Thanks to those who have been farming the ice up there

Current Lincoln Falls conditions.

Old Crusty · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 0

Thanks RobRobRobRob. Hopefully it'll start to thicken up.

Noah McKelvin · · Colorado Springs, CO · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 1,500

Things are pretty non existent here in Ouray right now. Not a spot of ice on Ribbon/BBB....or really anywhere on Camp Bird Road. Lots of dry tooling routes in though.

logan johnson · · West Copper, Co · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 315

Vail is still a ways off... some blobs here and there but nothing climbable.
Anything in Officers Gulch yet?

Jayson Simons-Jones · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 25

Anyone know of, or heard anything about Redstone Area Ice ?

J. Surette · · Denver, CO · Joined Sep 2009 · Points: 30

Officers gulch does not have any ice except for a bit on three tiers which is pretty low angle.

Kevin Craig · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 325

Many thanks again to the guys doing the farming at Lincoln. I understand your desire to remain relatively anonymous, but I'd also like to say "thank you" in a more tangible way. If one or more of you would PM me, I'd like to provide you with some beer, gear or something similar.

clay meier · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2008 · Points: 350

I would be interested in hearing about Ridgeway, Ouray, Redstone, or Lake City... Basically anything other than the I-70 corridor or RMNP.

coop Best · · Glenwood Springs, CO · Joined Jan 2005 · Points: 485

we just received snow this weekend, i doubt anything is in yet
no snow and warm temps for the past month

Jayson wrote:Anyone know of, or heard anything about Redstone Area Ice ?
S Denny · · Aspen, CO · Joined Sep 2008 · Points: 20

I second that ^^^

Could be a whole 'nother story in the next week

Taylor-B. · · Valdez, AK · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 3,186

If Lincoln Falls is crowded, check out the South West side of Quandary Peak before the Blue Lake road gets snowed in for the season. Just hike 20-30 min to the Fletcher/Quandary saddle, there are some nice WI2-3 flows and mixed climbs that can be TR.

mthomas · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2009 · Points: 30

Odessa Gorge update:
NE face notchtop: in but a lot of snow
Hotdoggie: in but scary
Fingers and ptarmigan: filling up quick

didn't get a look at grace falls, guide wall, or new beginnings. Had to bail early because of the weather on saturday.

Notchtop.

Ptarmigan and The Fingers.

jselwyn · · Grand Junction, CO · Joined Jan 2011 · Points: 40

Looking at heading over to Lincoln falls this week, is there any forest land nearby to camp on?

willeslinger · · Golden, Colorado · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 25
jselwyn wrote:Looking at heading over to Lincoln falls this week, is there any forest land nearby to camp on?
There's camping at Quandary Peak, not sure if it's closed for the season or not. (and there's ice there too-see above post)
Dylan Weldin · · Ramstein, DE · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 1,715

I visited Mineral Creek in the Silverton area yesterday and found Campground Couloir was in.

Frozen creek crossing.
^Creek crossing was safe and dry below Campground Couloir

CC, thin but in.
^Campground Couloir, we placed stubbies and a few pitons

CC route overview.
^CC Overview. First two pitches are worthwhile, 4wd gets you to the base of the route

DNF not ready.
^Direct North Face not quite there

DNF zoom.
^Should be in by the weekend.

Finally, Sundance looked climbable, but I would suggest getting on it sooner rather than later as temps in the low 40's and loads of sun exposure might make it unstable.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

Colorado
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