Maple Syrup  WI5-6 R

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Type:  Ice, 1 pitch, 200 feet Consensus:  WI5-6 [details] FA:  Season:  Jan-Feb Submitted By:  Stymingersfink on Dec 20, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (5) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

The Swiss Miss nearing the top of Maple Syrup, 2/2...

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Private Property/Skin or Hike Approach MORE INFO >>> 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. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

The name comes from the golden maple-brown color this flow typically sports. Climbing a steep cauliflowered slab brings one to one of the more amazing pillars nestled in this right-facing corner, surrounded by Maple's cobbles.

Location 

This route is impossible to miss. Hike up the canyon, through the cave and over the boulder. Look left.

Protection 

Screws, some smallish rock gear may be found adjacent to the climb.

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BETA PHOTO: Maple Syrup... belayer's perspective.	The Swiss Miss, screwing around on Maple Syrup's W...	The Pillar vibrated badly every time I stuck it wi...
BETA PHOTO: maple moon (left) & Maple Syrup (right)...as of 01...	Steve Berwanger working his way through the crux. ...	Looking up the crux.
Kyle Dempster training for the Piolet d' Or on Map...