Utah Ice Conditions '12-'13
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Warren, so sorry I couldn't resist. |
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Anybody know if malans up in Ogden is in? seems to be getting cold enough. |
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Scott Adamson wrote:Another chossatch route! Andy Knight and I finished the highway to hell project today. Its all there and fun as hell. Few screws and a hand full of QDsIt looks like the guy in the first picture is climbing with 3 ice tools? |
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Official verdict: Joe's ice is out, as opposed to in (surprisingly) as of Dec. 29, 2012. |
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Scruffy Band 12-27
The Fang 12-29 Climbed scruffy band on thursday, the ice is good, a little thin in places. There is a nice V-thread about 50' up. Also climbed a little on the Fang in Provo canyon yesterday(saturday), the ice is filling in nice. There is still running water on the top pitch, doesn't look like it can be climbed without getting drenched. |
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put the missing bolt back on 7th heaven. Didnt add any extra. you will still need to place smaller screws in the traversing ice blobs |
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Nice action shot...saw you up there late Saturday. Conditions don't look too bad. |
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Warren Robbins wrote:Official verdict: Joe's ice is out, as opposed to in (surprisingly) as of Dec. 29, 2012.Really? What about the pics Mooner submitted of the Donorcicle Dec 19th? seems like it should be much fatter after the weather we've been getting... |
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Some buddies and I did CCC Falls and the Donorcicle on the 30th. Top of CCC was thin but in, Donorcicle was in. |
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Kevin Chuba wrote: Good luck finding this one in Idaho I think it was put up by BSU. It was thin but at 140' I still was grinnin. Too warm yet. I drove through twin falls on the way home. To bad I didnt have my belay with me or would have got on some good ice.Hey Kevin, It was super cool to climb with you, I had a blast. This week would be a great week to see if those drips in the Boise area are in. It was -7*F at my house last night. Keep in touch. Kevin |
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Got up Miller's Thriller today. Coverage is good, but the ice is still a bit funky. Rotten chandeliers covered with a frozen layer of snow/ice. Hopefully the milder temps next week will provide some TLC for the ice. |
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Made it down to Maple last weekend. The main canyon has most of it routes in (up to Box Canyon - didn't go any higher)> |
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In case anyone was wondering most of Provo Canyon is in. Bridal Veil Right is in good shape. Bridal Veil left was doing a lot of settling and weird ice formation. |
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Just chimming in; keep the topic at the top. Heading to the cabin at Strawberry mid January for a month or so. I'll try to check on the climbs & conditions in the area and post an update then... |
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went up shower tower. we were out of there by noon.found good gear (pins, cams, nuts)you can rap with 70m but its close. if you want to do it dont hit the snoozer. havnt done soft n juicy yet but it looks like it formed back up! |
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Climbed Miller's today. The whole thing is in great shape. Found some gear on the climb. PM me with the gear you're missing if you'd like it back! P1 of The Fang is real wet...P2 is climbable but 50% ice / 50% waterfall. |
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Can anyone tell me what the waterfall area is called about 1 mile up the Provo BST, heading around to the west face of Cascade? You take a spur off the BST and head up the mountain to get to the waterfall. If you know the area can tell me if there are any bolts or is the pro all screws and v-threads? |
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Ryan, perhaps you are referring to "playmate"? See mountainproject.com/v/playm… |
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Hey Everyone, Just thougt people would enjoy a picture of some ice that had not been posted on this form as of yet. Here is a Picture taken of Malan's in Ogden on 1/7/13 at 5pm. Im looking forward to climbing it here in the near future. Ill post pictures. Hope you enjoyed this post! |