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Routes in US Highway 550
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Bear Creek Falls T WI4-5 |
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Blue Condition WI5 |
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Bride's Veil aka Skyrocket WI5 |
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Cascade Falls WI4 |
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Charmin Tube T WI4- |
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Dungeon, aka Lower Petefish Slabs, The WI3-4 |
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Ephemeral Cortex WI5 M7 |
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French Slab T WI3 |
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Gravity's Rainbow T WI5 M3 |
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Gray Copper Falls WI5 |
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Ha Dov WI4+ M7-8 |
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Horsetail Falls T WI4 |
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Kennedy's Gully T WI4 |
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Middle Oak Creek Falls WI4+ |
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Oak Creek Falls WI4 |
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Oak Creek Icefall WI5 |
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Over The Rainbow WI4+ |
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Pony Up WI4 |
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Power Lines WI3-4 |
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Silver Gulch Slabs WI4 |
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Upper Petefish Slabs TR WI3-4 |
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| Type: | Ice, 300 ft (91 m), 2 pitches, Grade III |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 3,692 total · 18/month |
| Shared By: | Julian Smith on Jan 2, 2008 |
| Admins: | Edward Medina, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Description
Blue Condition is a nice variation to the second pitch of Kennedys Gully. It basically consists of 2 pitches of steeper ice. Approach as for Kennedys Gully; i.e. hike back down towards Ouray from the Engineer Pass parking area for a few hundred feet until another gully is on your right. Climb the gully to the base of the ice. A short pitch of WI 3 or so will serve as a starter. Next, slog up the short snow slop above the 1st pitch to reach a small amphitheater that forms the start of the 2nd pitch of Kennedys Gully. To your right should be the start of Blue Condition.
Blue Condition is about 100 meters long. Maybe the best approach would be to split it into 2 pitches. Climb up a ways to get past the first curtain and look for a belay, perhaps on the right. Climb a second pitch to a tree at the top of the ice, or continue up into the woods above. Rappel from trees and V-threads. This route should be in for most of the winter. Enjoy.
Blue Condition is about 100 meters long. Maybe the best approach would be to split it into 2 pitches. Climb up a ways to get past the first curtain and look for a belay, perhaps on the right. Climb a second pitch to a tree at the top of the ice, or continue up into the woods above. Rappel from trees and V-threads. This route should be in for most of the winter. Enjoy.
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