Fun short flow above Big falls 

FA:  Type:  Ice Consensus:  WI2 [details] Length:  1 pitch, 30 feet Season:  winter Views: 463 page views Submitted By: Russ on Nov 23, 2006 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Ice protected by previous years avalanche debris.

the other ice... 

Approach as per Big Falls.
Climb the goat trail to the left of the falls , gaining the large bowl above. The ice is not very big, but forms up before anything else on the mountain.
We climbed here on new years day 2006.
Not a drop of new snow had falled all year, yet a massive snowfield remained from the previous winter.
No ice was visible, but I hiked up to where is usually is and was shocked and delighted to find a really, really frozen waterfall guarded by a 50 foot high overhanging moat of frozen alpine ice.
We set a toprope on this sunny and steep-esque feature and ran laps all day!
Prehaps the most rare, crazy ice of my life!!!!

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steep...real steep. ~ Simon Peck

Rigging Technologies company picnic 12/31/05 ~Russ...