OHHHH YEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! Ice season.

I am headed down to the front range today and was curious if possibly lincoln has any ice or maybe officer's gulch. I doubt vail has anything but it is a possibility for us.

Also, there is some stuff coming in the san juans. Sherman is in (the pillar is a little dicey but not bad, my boy took a fall and diployed a screamer on the pillar) and others around that area should be in I just haven't had a chance to get out there again.

Thanks,

Matt

the NE gully on thatchtop would be a good choice in rocky mountain national park. the approach is not that bad and you will find 60-70 feet of vertical ice on the 1st pitch after you go up the snow gully for 500ft.
let me know if you go to lincoln falls and find anything in...

A friend climbed All Mixed Up the other day and it looked good from the photos.

my ice conditions page is up and current.

www.jackrobertsclimbing.com

Will there be actual conditions posted in this thread?

go with the flow tits..

conditions ala jack

sorry - just grumpy without any ice yet

That's gonna change tonight though-

Does your ice park allow you to take you shirt off??

This is what happens when ice climbers have been climbing rock all summer...See Above

Bra...your boy must be SICK!!! was it like 20, 30, 40 ft? one time i took a 80 footer into a stubby 3 cm into rime ice, just got back up and climbed that shit (WI 7+). having said that, I was on a 2 month acid binge during this time, so anythings possible, could have been a 90 footer, who knows? Kirra, want to get together sometime?

TARTS with DARTS????

Kirra I still have that picture I took of you at the ice fest last year. Should be worth something.........

There is enough ice right now in RMNP, Mt. Lincoln and further afield in Eureka to keep even the most restless of you happy.........

Even if it isn't posted here if you walk around RMNP and especially in the Glacier Gorge area, loaded down with tools, ropes, screws and whiskey you will be able to get on something that will justify a couple of cool ones at the end of the day.....

AMU, West Bench routes, Alexander's, Dreamweaver, The Loft, Peacock Pool routes, Bullett, all of these climbs are IN...........and then there is always the Vail Amphitheatre for you M-climbing types.

Jack, love your web page, Thanks.

Lincoln has been in for awhile (bowling alley). Not much forming on the right as of 3 weeks ago. Nothing is in in Officers gulch (cant see if upper pillar is touching.....forming for sure but probabally not in)

FYI I'm in cody now and there plenty of ice here. Gonna be a great year for the South fork!!!!

I heard there was an exodus from Boulder going all the way up there for just the weekend...........Seemed a bit extreme but then "desperate times call for desperate measures".

Great climbing up there when it does come in. When it doesn't, well there are always the sheep.........

Kirra, CHECK!!

Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I'm not the one going all the way to Cody for the sheep, er, climbing................Let's get out!

JACK

First off I hate all of you. Second, can we get a real discussion of ice conditions here? I have to wade through miles of pictures of fat people on ice and spraying to get any conditions. OK well you all have a nice day and maybe I'll see you at the crag! P.S. Pat, lay off the acid. I have some meth im trying to get rid of. its way better
p.s.s. now that you all have waded through my crap here are the conditions that i know of:

Sherman Falls (near lake city) is in and fat.
Other stuff around Lake city is probably in (see closed and open casket, the pencil... etc.)
Stuff around Crested Butte is also coming in.

The ice conditions have been posted on previous threads and on other websites.

Some people just can't be bothered to look very hard. There is more than the usual amount of ice in RMNP and there is also ice around Ophir, Lake City, there IS ice in the I-70 corridor and if you look around Breckenridge you'll find..........ICE!!

How much more of a REAL discussion do people need? Go out there and look around!!

In Cody, well, there's ICE!
Down on Pike's Peak?.......LOTS of ice!
In South Mineral Creek?........There's ICE! In Glenwood Canyon?.......... NO ICE!
In Redstone? NO ICE! ........... but there is plenty of M-climbing in Vail.
Should be enough climbing there to tire out the most enthusiastic climber.

BUT, writing is boring. I have to get up early in the morning to go into RMNP and climb ICE!