Governor Dodge Ice?
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Anyone have any idea when the ice of Gov. Dodge starts to come in. With all the talk of the ice over at Wyalusing, I would figure it has started to come in at GD. |
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Bump for interest. |
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So we braved the "winter emergency" and did go on Sunday the 12th. It took 2 hours to get from Madison to G.D. The entrance was blocked off so we hiked from the ranger station down to Stephen Falls. |
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We didn't climb there but we look around at Steven's Falls amp on Sat Dec 18th. It's looking skinny and barely there thus far.. Here are a couple of pics going left to right. There were a few folks with ropes set up and scratch'n at the barely there frozen watersickles... |
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Our crew went out again on Sunday the 19th. We found a newly formed route on the far right side of the wall that was pretty much ice the whole way. We quit climbing almost immediately after starting since the ice was so thin... it was certainly climbable, but we didn't want to damage the ice any more then we already had - there were some pretty big chunks (football sized) coming of the wall at an alarming rate. Most of the wall looks like this: The ice needs more time! I would now say it probably wont be worth checking out / climbing until at least after new years. Also, here's the falls and some misc. shots |
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So I scoped out the wall today around noon. The ice has increased in some areas and decreased in others. And looking to the right The dark side of the wall And closeup The waterfall itself General view of the right route Compared to a couple weeks ago |
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Does anyone know what the current ice conditions are at the Dodge and/or if the ice is climbable? |
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I hope so, am heading up there today. |
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I don't know what it is now, but I took this photo 2 weeks ago, Jan 26th. |
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Is that North or South facing? Looks like northeast if that was taken later in the day... How far is the hike from the ranger station to there dude? That looks fun. :-) |
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Miranda Q wrote:Does anyone know what the current ice conditions are at the Dodge and/or if the ice is climbable?This weekend the Stephen Falls had ~3 routes. A 10 ft route LEFT of the main falls. A crappy right to the right of the falls (middle of the wall) and an OK (i guess) right on the right most side of the wall. Nothing even thick enough for screws. We were going to get on Cox Hollow but there was a group of 15 or so boy scouts who arrived minutes before us and were on it all day. I would think some of the warmer temps above freezing this week might trash the Stephen falls area, there wasn't much to work with before. |
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Was climbing there yesterday. Stephen's falls still has the three routes Lee Berg mentioned. Still not great for screws, but definitely still climbable despite recent warming. Don't know about Cox Hollow. My climbing partner or I will post some pics soon. |
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Stephen's falls area as of yesterday: |
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