Utah Ice Conditions '12-'13
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Anyone have any info on Joes Valley? Finally some cool weather with some snow in Provo (think timp routes will be thick enough by the weekend?). |
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Went to Joe's yesterday. Drove up to Lake Mary but from the car the only route in looked to thin for my lead head. 1st pitch of CCC falls is in but the 3rd pitch curtain is not touching yet. Donorcicle is not touching yet either. Pricecicle is in good. |
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You think CCC will be climbable by the weekend or no? Any Idea on Deadbolt? I bet its not touching yet either. |
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I'm in Provo for a week for work. I'll be available Sunday the 16th. I can bring my tools/pons but not a rope or rack. No idea what current conditions are there but if anyone is interested let me know... |
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If I don't go skiing I might be up for something Sunday. I got a rack and a rope. |
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I top roped laps on the apron of stairway this afternoon. It was pretty wet and not really thick enough to protect with 16 cm screws. There was a lot of water running behind the ice as well. It looks like temps will be dropping a bit over the next few days. The question is whether it will be enough to build ice or just to maintain. |
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Thanks to the Utah contingent for the beta on the Dirtcicle. Managed to get in a couple of rope solo laps on my way by yesterday. Wet on the right side and chandeliered on the left but all-in-all not bad. |
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We're gonna be able to make a time lapse video of the pricicle by the end of the season. It certainly looks better than the last time I was there. |
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I haven't seen a piece of trash get this much attention since Snooki got pregnant |
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notmyname wrote:I haven't seen a piece of trash get this much attention since Snooki got pregnantWIN! |
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Anybody interested in climbing ice tomorrow in provo canyon? Shoot me an email gafoto@gmail.com. |
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notmyname wrote:I haven't seen a piece of trash get this much attention since Snooki got pregnantWell I passed up the opportunity to tap Snooki (read the dirtcicle) on the ass and went on to CCC in Joe's - the first pitch is in. The pillar has not touched down ant the top looks to be worse connected than I remember. CCC Falls -- Season 12/2012 Landscape of pitch 1 on CCC Falls More CCC - 12/2012 |
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Chadneusmeyer: Did you get a look at the deadbolt? |
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Here's another name we've used for 20+ yrs for the "dirtcicle" - the "Mudcicle". But late Jan this yr, it was blue-white, fat & dead vertical top to bottom. Best time to do it is @ night. But don't dismiss this general area; higher up above the Mudcicle is a fair amount of Joe's-type ice. In fact, lots of "secret ice" (up to WI4+ & 2-3 pitches all over) higher up along the mountain side. Well worth a day finding it & a week to climb it. But don't tell anyone. |
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Any updates on the Ice in Provo Canyon? Anyone attempt Stairway on the weekend, or did the rain on Friday kill it again? Thanks. |
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Nathaniel Holt wrote:Chadneusmeyer: Did you get a look at the deadbolt?Just from the road...The river was flowing and I didn't want to cross it and do the hike. It looked big enough to be touching down. That was all I could really see. |
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This morning I went and did pitch 1 and the Ramp on the GWI. |
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Spent some time up in Joe's today. Deadbolt is a thin, lanky pillar touching down. Climbable, maybe. Highway to Heaven (the bouldery approach to Deadbolt) is pretty much just a hike right now. Went to try my luck at CCC but found it thinned out with all sorts of water running down. Hopefully lower temps this week will firm it back up. What a year. |
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chadnuesmeyer wrote:. Everybody is trying hard to keep nerves at bay while we wait for ice.Indeed we are... But forecast shows cold temps in the future... cant be too much longer until we have some thick stuff come in. Esp with this snow. Matt Selman: What do you anticipate the dead bold will be like later this week with the cold temps and snow? I rather enjoy "Highway to Heaven" when it's in all thick ice. It's like canyoneering ice climbing to get to a fun wall of ice "the deadbolt" Anyone else been to Joes? I am going Thursday morn-Friday. I have only climbed CCC and the Dead bolt. I loved the dead bolt. Any recommendations on a fun route? |