UTAH - 2015/16 Ice Season
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chadnuesmeyer wrote: Thanks for the intel... any solid links on MP, super topo, or Guide books that I should look into?CIRO ICE Nothing is in right now, but something may come in after this weekend's storm cycle. You'd be right in thinking that ice at the City is for novelty and not for the great lines. Most ice is 1-2 inches thick at the fattest part of the season, and 10-30 feet tall. Think of it like training for Patagonia with verglas on the menu. Leave your screws at home, you won't need them. Scott's blessing is a fun 30' pillar. Sometimes it forms enough to climb. Brad Schilling would hang a farming seed rope to keep it from falling and starting from scratch. |
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Screws went like lightning locally and no one complained. So here it goes again. With the forecasted temps it will be game on soon! |
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Neil Johnson wrote:I know there is some supposedly good ice around Fremont Lake in Pinedale. Swift Creek Canyon in Afton has a couple of falls. I'm sure the road is closed by now, but it's probably a 2-3 mile walk. Star Valley is always cold, I'm sure these are in. I don't know of anything in Southern Idaho, but there are a couple of falls right near the border in the Lewiston area. Approaches to them are pretty long, but the new ski resort may provide easier access to one of them. I've never been to any of them in the winter, so I have no idea what their condition might be like right now. Not a lot of help, I know. But that's all I've got.Pinedale is still void of snow, last shift I worked up there a week ago temp was in low 50's, going back up tomorrow and was going to do the scout on Fremont before coming home. As far as southern Wyoming, most of the storms have been staying to the south and missing us completely, thus why I keep invading Utah. I have another spot in the East side of the Wyomings I'm checking Saturday, will update if it's any good. In other news, was down in SLC yesterday and took a cruise up LCC, start of some good stuff forming at Scruffy Band, Super Slab, and GWI |
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kevinhansen wrote: CIRO ICEYDS ratings for ice? Awesome. |
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zoso wrote: YDS ratings for ice? Awesome.Yea, Brad Schilling was Climbing Ranger at CIRO for decades. I once asked him about his personalized rating system for CIRO ICE. Said WI rating system is squirreley and too subjective. He thought comparing routes to rock would help people get a better feel for the difficulty. That and CIRO ice is unlike any ice you'll ever climb. I think all ice should get rated "easy"," medium "," hard", and "Will Gadd insane". Kevin |
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Ccc (pitch 1) is in. |
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kevinhansen wrote: CIRO ICEThanks for the link! Sounds pretty wild. I assume a lot of snow and around-freezing temps (melt/freeze) are the keys to ice forming? Fremont Lake does indeed have some ice: climbingwyoming.com/2011/03… I've also climbed a route above the next lake in from Fremont, a 200 foot WI3 that has likely only seen a few ascents. In the right conditions there could be some epic, hard lines further up the drainage... |
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Any word on Vail ice? Temps have been cold enough. |
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chadnuesmeyer wrote:Ccc (pitch 1) is in. Dirt Cicle is in. Those are the only ones we got to today.chadnuesmeyer, that was Jeff and me that climbed the Dirtcicle after you. Thanks to Team Easy for kicking steps for us. :-) |
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@Brett were you the guys in the Range Rover that came down on Friday? |
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Thoughts on Last Chance Falls being in decent shape tomorrow (Monday 29th)? Have work in the area, looking for a quick solo lap before the next warm up end of this week. |
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I've been wondering what Mt. Cristo Diretissimo looks like early season (picture above middle). May go check it out mid- week if it's cold enough at all. On that note, anyone here climbed the NE face of White Baldy ever? I've been wondering about it too since I rode the ramp up there 2-3 seasons ago. |
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@chadnuesmeyer, no that wasn't us. |
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Just got back from a perfect day at Joe's. CCC lower section was in excellent shape. Upper section was a little thin for leading but climbable on tr. Didn't stop at the Dirtcicle, but it looked good from the road. Deadbolt also looked good but we weren't up for crossing the river. |