Bowling Ball Head  WI4-

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Type:  Ice, Alpine, 1 pitch, 100 feet Consensus:  WI3-4 [details] FA:  ? Season:  winter Submitted By:  Brian in SLC on Feb 6, 2008 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (8) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Bowling Ball Head, Maple Canyon

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Private Property/Skin or Hike Approach MORE INFO >>> Continued access to Box Canyon is at the pleasure of the private landowner. Please...no dogs, no defecating in canyon. Pack it out. Pack it all out. The best single book for Maple Canyon Ice Climbs is Jason Stevens' Maple Canyon Ice Climbing, available at area specialty equipment shops (or perhaps from him directly if you contact him on this site). Read it, especially his section on vehicular access issues. All of the climbs in Maple Canyon absolutely require snow to provide moisture for the melt/freeze which forms these climbs, so snow-covered roads are pretty much a given. Plan to hike or skin up the road. It's a nice warm-up for the climbing, and will alleviate a lot of opportunities for a headache. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

Great consistantly forming route. Steeper than it looks (a consistant Maple theme). Sometimes a thin start but usually thicker ice as the anchor is approached.

Location 

Located on the far left side of the Engagement Alcove. Usually the top of the route is visible from the road by the campground/kiosk. Bolted anchor on the rock buttress on the left.

Protection 

Selection of screws.

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BETA PHOTO: Bowling Ball Head 2-2-10	Steve Berwanger soloing BBH. 2-10-2010.	Warming up on the climb