The 2012-13 Colorado Ice Conditions Thread
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Some photos of Martha's last Sunday. Not much ice but still fun! |
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Has anyone checked out Boulder Canyon ice recently? |
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Anyone been up Dreamweaver recently? |
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Drew McLean wrote:Has anyone checked out Boulder Canyon ice recently?nothing even starting to form really. |
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Anyone been up total abandon or blind assumption lately? |
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Paul-B wrote: Will, A: thanks for getting us back on topic. B: Why would you not want to get on the North Face? Windloaded etc, or personal aversion? C: You skied in, did you find that worthwhile with the amount of snow present? I skied in last week on the east side of the park and was very disappointed I lugged in my relatively heavy skis/boots, carried my ice boots, because there was so little snow I could have boot packed as quickly. Love to ski approach if its worthwhile.Paul, we skinned in all the way from Bear Lake to Odessa Lake. The trail was completely covered the entire way and was quite fun in and of itself. Fun ski down too as it's 90% downhill. The reason I wouldn't get on the North Face is that the bowl above the first few pitches looks wind loaded and there's a bunch of snow that you'd have to trudge through to get to the upper pitches. Grace Falls looked quite safe though and is definitely the largest portion of ice I saw in the valley. |
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Loved this video! (Steve House and partner on mixed climbs in Ouray) vimeo.com/56726472 |
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Swung my tools around the falls area of Castlewood Canyon for a bit this morning. Lots of fatty, plastic ice bouldering to be had. Everything I got on was very solid. The creek is quite low right now and the ice can be easily accessed by scrambling down into the canyon at the falls. |
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Redstone area still very dry. Avacado gully not in at all, Drool still hardly there, Falls are limited actually its all just bad. |
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GW falls and Hidden Falls just getting fatter and fatter by the day. Just did my 4 lap on the former today...via the R hand ramp just R of the main/steep L curtain on GW falls. |
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I just created this forum so we can post just ice conditions and hazards, not mindless BS about who dropped a rope on who and how burly you are at climbing. I love mountain project but i am sick of this forum! |
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I saw some people climbing on the Georgetown flow right next to I-70. This is a serious no-no and you will get ticketed. |
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tom bohanon wrote:GW falls and Hidden Falls just getting fatter and fatter by the day. Just did my 4 lap on the former today...via the R hand ramp just R of the main/steep L curtain on GW falls.GW falls From today climb. |
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anything in clear creek yet??? its close. silly. and great for night ice i guess. |
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AMU is in. Not sure about W Gully, but would imagine it's also in. Could still see the ice pitch in the NW Gully of Thatchtop, looking good. |
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Eldo Love wrote:anything in clear creek yet??? its close. silly. and great for night ice i guess.I drove up CC last week and it isn't even starting. |
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Dave Cummings wrote:How are the longer routes in RMNP doing like AMU and West Gully? Anyone been up there?West Gully is in-- but as of 1/6/13-- leaner than I've ever seen it. Most consolidated ice route (p1/p2) to access the lower angle slabs was to the far right. Left would have been hairy, very thin, wet and chandaliered. Slabs up top are plenty fat. |
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Hey Walter, I have your two Wild Country non-locking carabiners from Hidden Falls (RMNP) last week. You were climbing with Justin and Heidi. I can get them back to you if you're in/around Boulder. |
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Climbed stairway to heaven and second gulley. Stairway was in great shape, a little thin on the first pitch and the top two WI3 pitches were a little wet. The descent is still good although a new storm would put it into some sketchy avalanche terrain. |
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Went up to Glenwood Falls after work, fairly fat, good trail to base. First pitch is pretty low grade, probably 2+ to the shelf. Ice at base was very water logged, up higher it was brittle. "Unknown" off to climbers right looks good too. Kind of sad to see some higher temps on their way... gonna have to stay off this one in the sun. |