The 2014-2015 Colorado Ice Conditions Thread
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We were up on Pikes yesterday scratching around and ran into a team that had bailed on both TA and BA because the ice was too thin, soft, and chandeliery. With the weather for this week I imagine it will get worse by next weekend. The temps are barely dipping below freezing at night and there is very little water. |
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pixie love |
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Is Martha in right now? |
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Yesterday we climbed an awesome 800' WI4 on Mt.Project! Was thin in spots, but mostly awesome! |
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The "Window Pain" on 9/13. Although not sure if it touched down. Only in my dreams could I climb something like that. Again, bravo Cooper and Donahue. |
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Pretty good website that tracks new posts to climbing sites and various blogs. Good central location that I use to track what's up. Updated live. climbersblog.alaskaiceclimb… |
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Here she comes... |
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ozman wrote:Pretty good website that tracks new posts to climbing sites and various blogs. Good central location that I use to track what's up. Updated live. climbersblog.alaskaiceclimb…Oz, Good stuff. Thank you. -R |
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If watching this this doesn't get your nipples hard yer already dead... |
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And it's on!! Nice work! |
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Got over optimistic with last weeks precip & cold temps so drove down to Pikes today. TA is looking really dry & BA looks no better. Not a big loss with such a short approach. |
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In case you were wondering... |
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^^ (heavy breathing) |
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Ditto ^^^ |
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Matt Wolski wrote:Ditto ^^^ Coloradans, please interpret this juicy tidbit of information for the out-of-towners.Longs Peak (The Diamond in background) covered in streaks of ice. Meaning routes in the area (Alexanders, Dark Star, Smear of Fear) will be in, if not already, very soon!!! It's ice season!! |
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Here are a couple of pics of the E face of Notchtop. Hard to tell from far away, but it seemed thin. We did the left-most Ptarmigan finger gully. The snow was surprisingly consolidated and great for climbing. It's not steep, maybe 40 degrees at the most. |
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LawHous wrote: Longs Peak (The Diamond in background) covered in streaks of ice. Meaning routes in the area (Alexanders, Dark Star, Smear of Fear) will be in, if not already, very soon!!! It's ice season!!Just to add to the discussion: I went up Tyndall Gorge on Saturday (10/4) to see how things were shaping up with the intention of climbing Tyndall Glacier. There were definitely many streaks of ice coming down both sides of the gorge, but up close they were all pretty thin and detached. So while "in" is certainly a subjective condition, I don't think most folks would consider it there yet. But it's definitely coming! Also, we did not climb the glacier as it appeared to have significant wind slabs on it. Brice had the better idea climbing Ptarmigan Fingers, as it has a more favorable aspect to the prevailing winds. Hope this info proves useful to some. |
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Any fresh eyes/thoughts on TA? |
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Bump for the question on Martha...and also the Flying Dutchman. |