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Heading up the Black Ice in July 2011..fantastic solo trip out on the dark side of the Grand!
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BIC end of Sep 2011
Valhalla Traverse on 7/15/18. I thought it was in pretty good condition on this day. Fairly secure.
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KeithS
Apr 22, 2012
“Heading up the Black Ice in July 2011..fantastic solo trip out on the dark side of the Grand!”  

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The ice crux on the BIC, about 60 meters below the top of the route. 7/5/2014<br> Photo by Andrew Wike
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Chuck Crago exiting the crux of the Black Ice, September conditions.
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The last part of the approach, from the Enclosure Couloir through the rock pitch, seen from the cl. 4 section of the Valhalla Traverse Upper Ledges, July 22, 2020.
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