2015-16 Colorado Ice Conditions
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And so it begins! Woohoo! |
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Isn't that the cousin of the artist Snow? They'd make a good pair. Add in a little Flavor Flav and you've got a tasty treat! |
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ahh yes ive been waiting for this. |
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Dougald MacDonald wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Aww, c'mon Dougald, you know ya want to climba da ice! |
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Alton R. wrote: Aww, c'mon Dougald, you know ya want to climba da ice!Well, it IS true that October and November are my favorite months of ice season. You could say they are the ONLY months of my ice season. So, yeah, bring it on! |
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Time to fire it up. The Black Wall Gully probably has ice in it. |
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Bump to follow. |
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Climbed the little snow gully to the right of Tyndall Glacier today, and got a few sticks in. Here's a write up if anyone's interested: |
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There is no ice in the black wall gully as of this morning. Plenty of water flowing over the routes thought so it won't be long. |
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Holy shit, it's in!!! |
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What is in??? |
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Ice! In grocery stores nationwide, right now! |
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Cor wrote:Holy shit, it's in!!!Knowing Cor he's probably already found some secret stash WI5 R that's vaguely in and done an onsight seasonal FA |
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The Blueprint Part Dank wrote: Knowing Cor he's probably already found some secret stash WI5 R that's vaguely in and done an onsight seasonal FA3x... with different partners. |
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Climbed Alexanders on Longs with Carl P Sept 20th 2015 |
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PIKES UPDATE: |
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Kevin Gillest wrote:Climbed Alexanders on Longs with Carl P Sept 20th 2015 - Conditions were mixed, very little ice until above the Chockstone - Daytime temps on the route were about 35-40F - No other ice visable on any other routes - Still a few people on the Diamond freezing their a**es off - We added carabiners to numerous rappels, descent is good to go - Set one stubby screw on P5 only Pitch 2, not much ice Pitch 4, not much ice Pitch 5, above the ChockstoneKevin, how hard was the route? I will be visiting CO next week and looking to climb something on October 2 or 3 (or both). I've only just started into the world of alpine mixed routes, and have only lead up to M3. I was thinking this route would be good to push my grade a but but I would be hesitant if it is harder than M4. |