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Rating a WI3 near Boulder. Care to opine?

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SavageMarmot · · Nederland, CO · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 190
Unidentified Ice

Approximately 15 meters total height, big pool in the middle. WI3?

(Assuming the bottom 1/4 hadn't busted off)
Wyatt H · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 6

Stolen of the internet. Pretty much the standard grading system.

1 Walking up with crampons. No tools required.
2 A pitch of 60º-70º ice, reasonably consistent, with few short steep steps. Only one tool is needed. Good protection and belays.
3 Sustained 70º-80º ice, usually thick and solid. May contain short, steep sections, but will have good resting places and offer good protection and belays.
4 Sustained 75º-85º ice, separated by good belays, or a less steep pitch with significative vertical sections. Generally good quality ice, offering satisfactory protection.
5 A noticeably more strenuous pitch of good but steep (85º-90º) ice.
6 A very steep, strenuous pitch with few stances for rest. The ice may not be of top quality and protection may be poor. A high level of skill and strength is required.
7 An overhanging, strenuous pitch with few resting places and often poor or no protection.

Too short to even be rated. May qualify as WI2.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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