Cascade Icefall  WI3

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Type:  Ice, 60 feet Consensus:  WI3 [details] FA:  Season:  Winter Submitted By:  nodin on Nov 28, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (14) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

BETA PHOTO: Looking up Cascade Icefall

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Description 

One of the bigger climbs on the North Shore, this moderate makes for a fun days outing. 60 feet high and often 30 feet wide, a number of variations make this enjoyable over and over!
The setting gives you the feel of remote adventure climbing less than 15 minutes from the car...

Location 

Highway 61 to County Road 7 then follow to County Road 45. Take a left on 45 and follow a couple miles to the bridge that crosses the Cascade River. Park in the lot and hike down river (towards Lake Superior) about a 1/4 mile. The climb will be obvious. Snowshoes are a good idea for the approach.

Protection 

Usually fat enough to take 22cm screws...6 to 8 screws should sew it up! There is usally an anchor station in the trees at the top but if not, make one with runners or webbing.

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Far shot of Cascade.	A. Elton seconding up Cascade. Jan. '07	BETA PHOTO: Conditions as of 12/15/07
Fun route. We had two TRs on it. 1/07	BETA PHOTO: Cascade. Jan. 9 2010.	BETA PHOTO: On Jan. 9 the climb was very brittle and bone dry.
Kate Muehling on lower section of Cascade icefall,...	Steve on Cascade icefall, 10 Jan '10	Pretty pitiful this year.