Mrs. Mesa  WI5-6

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Type:  Ice, Alpine, 1 pitch, 175 feet Consensus:  WI5-6 [details] FA:  Douglas Lossner and John Rybal, 1997 Season:  Late autum thru early spring Submitted By:  Douglas Lossner on Nov 24, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

One long pitch of hard ice.

It is WI5/6+ depending on time of year, line, and if you lead it or not. It is Grade I to V depending on if you get to it before Lands End road closes and you can drive to within 100 feet of the rappel in, or you ski 17 miles round trip from highway 65, or you take a snowmobile to within 100 feet of the rappel.

Location 

Coal Creek where it dumps over the rim of Grand Mesa.

Mrs. Mesa is located right where Coal Creek drops over the rim of The Mesa, about 2.5 to 3 miles from lands end towards highway 65. Approach by Four wheel drive before road closes or is impassable, or ski 17 miles round trip from highway 65, or snowmobile 17 miles round trip from highway 65. As of winter 2010, Lands End road is not groomed all the way to Coal Creek drainage so trail blazing has become necessary after 3 miles where the grooming takes a north fork and circles around to Lands End. Without groomed trails the snow fall and cold temperatures this year made for bottomless snow conditions where Lands End Road was in the trees. To get there this winter we needed to start at the City Intake on Kannah Creek Road. Coal Creek Basin Trail for 4.9 miles to Coal Creek Trail west for .2 miles to Switchback Trail. SB trail to rim at least 1 mile, then 1 mile west to Coal Creek. 4,000 vert. feet. and at least 7 miles.

Protection 

Screws.

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B. Thorson.	C. Gebhart.	D. Lossner on Mrs. Mesa.
Full view.	Chris Gebhart and Randy Harris.	Douglas Lossner and Betty Thorson.
Mrs. Mesa from the base.	Jim Whalen rappeling in for the lead out. Nov. 29,...	Jim Whalen beginning the long pitch upward. Nov. 2...
Jim Whalen working his way through the "realm of t...	Jim Whalen after surviving a fractured overhanging...	Betty Thorson working her way through "The Hall Of...
Nice Smile Betty. You sure make that 5+ look easy.	Are you sure this was only your second ice climb e...	Jim Black just happened to be cruising by and deci...
Betty Thorson 40ft. up. Only 135ft. to go! Go Bett...	The Crew for 11/29/09. What an AWSOME day!! Jim Wh...	Mrs. Mesa, mid-winter conditions. Feb. 2004. Climb...
Leading up the fat stuff. Feb. 2004. Climber: D. L...	March 13th, 2010, 1 day ascent of Mrs. Mesa. 14 mi...	Matt Cova making cuts out of the Mrs. Mesa cornice...
Climber: Matt Cova, Grand Junction, CO. 3-13-2010.	Climber: Jason Adams, Mesa CO. 3-13-2010.	Mrs. Mesa, November 27, 2010. Randy Harris, climbe...
Starting the 3.5 mile hike back to the vehicles ri...	At least it's warm 4wheel'n. Not home yet. Great a...	Mrs. Mesa on March 10, 2012.
"Belay Camp" 3-10-2012. Soaking up the warm sunshi...	Smile, Artemis!	Douglas on lead, Richard on belay.
Brian's first time up Mrs. Mesa!