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Bowling Ball Head

Name: Bowling Ball Head
Rating: 2.7

WI3+

Routes in The Left Hand Fork Ice Climbs

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	Bowling Ball Head WI3+
	Brittle Stiffie, The WI3
	Deep Throat Maple WI3
	Fling WI4
	Four Pin Variation, The WI4
	Get Whacked WI5+
	Hammer and Sickle M3
	Shrink To Fit Wranglers S M7+
	Smear Campaign WI3
	Wet Itchies, The WI4+
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Type:	Ice, Alpine, 100 ft (30 m)
FA:	unknown
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Shared By:	Brian in SLC on Feb 6, 2008
Admins:	Jim Clarke, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Private Property/Skin or Hike Approach Details

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.

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.