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Submitted By: Richard Rossiter on Jan 2, 2008
Administrators: Ben Mottinger, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst
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BETA PHOTO: Overflow, right side, viewed from the snow slope a...


Description 

Overflow is a broad ice apron on the lower east face of Thatchtop Mountain, about 200 yards south of Jewel Lake and maybe 100 yards west of the Glacier Gorge Trail. The area is very secluded and is difficult to see from the trail. This year (2007/2008) the ice is very good and much more extensive than when it was first climbed in 1977. Though not very tall (70 to 80 feet) the curtain is maybe 200 feet wide and offers 4 or 5 interesting lines of ascent. The routes are not too challenging, mostly WI3 M0, but are great fun. To escape from the top, wallow down steep snow to the south or rappel from trees.


Getting There 

Hike the Glacier Gorge Trail as for Black Lake. Look for a large boulder on the left side of the trail maybe 200 yards past Jewel Lake. Go straight west over/around windfall and across Glacier Creek. The ice flow will be obvious about 200 feet above the creek.



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The left side of Overflow is not as tall, but is steeper than the broad right apron. The ice just right of the big tree is very thin and poses an interesting challenge.

BETA PHOTO: The left side of Overflow is not as tall, but is s...

Action shots are not so interesting when you are the only one on location, but It was a great place to be alone in the blizzard, 12/30.2007, 30 years after first climbing here with Ralph Baldwin and Tim Hogan, December, 1977.

Action shots are not so interesting when you are t...

The shot features the thinner, steeper ice above the cave on the left side of the main flow, just left of a left-facing dihedral.

The shot features the thinner, steeper ice above t...


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By Doug Redosh
Mar 14, 2008

Fun area, though it looks like it might lie at the bottom of an avalanche run. Has not been recent activity as there are big trees at the top, but above it lie tiny trees.

By Mark Cushman
From: Erie, CO
May 29, 2008

Eli Helmuth calls this Jewel Lake Ice on his website, I haven't heard it called "Overflow" before. Is this a historic name or should we change this area name to Jewel Lake Ice with routes of Overflow Left and Overflow Right?