About time to get this thread started for the year, though not much to report so far. We took a walk up to the Longs Peak cirque today (10-10) and didn't find much. Alexanders is totally dry. The Smear has a small start. Thin ice in The Loft and below Chasm Meadows. Through binoculars, looks like The Notch and Dreamweaver might have enough old, gray ice at the bottom and intervals above to provide an adventure for hardy souls. Nothing else on the east face of Longs appears to be in or running water. Martha is dry which isn't too surprising. A few flurries during the day. With luck, the area got some precip this evening. Will keep folks posted as I'm out and about looking.

Dreamweaver Submitted By: Kevin Craig on Oct 11, 2010

Loft Ice Submitted By: Kevin Craig on Oct 11, 2010

Peacock and Columbine Falls Submitted By: Kevin Craig on Oct 11, 2010

Martha Submitted By: Kevin Craig on Oct 11, 2010

Longs East face Submitted By: Kevin Craig on Oct 11, 2010

Alexander's Submitted By: Kevin Craig on Oct 11, 2010

Smear of Fear (what there is of it) Submitted By: Kevin Craig on Oct 11, 2010

The Notch Submitted By: Kevin Craig on Oct 11, 2010

Looking pretty lean out there....

I have just one word for you young man................Are you ready? Necrophilia.

dry last night...
not shaping up to be a good ice year in RMNP - too dry with a low water table and lack of early season snow to feed the fall ice...luckily Canada is not too far away (or northern Wyoming).
Scratching around on dry rock is always an option, but I'd prefer to chalk-up in Eldo given the likely conditions.

Yea not off to a great start but who knows what this year will bring. There is plenty of winter to come and good old crampons on rock is fun too.

Drove by lincoln falls yesterday and it looks (from rt9)like it is starting to come in. Was snowing above treeline yesterday.

ahhh Kevin you beat me to starting this thread this year!! It is going to be a good year. Have an ice time everyone.

Hey slackers. go climb some ice and then post some conditions. (i am going to check out conditions in the san juans, I'll let you know what's up when I get back. Later)

Hey,

I was in Prince William Sound this summer and saw some great potential ice climbs. I am totaling thinking about doing a mission to them ....
has anyone climbed these before? I would totally love to sea kayak to them with gear and climb them.

Kevin

Flow in Prince William Sound. Submitted By: Kevin Coopman on Oct 18, 2010

Anyone have any suggestions for dry tooling spots around Boulder? Just got my boots in and I'm dying to try em out.

Loch Vale:
Mixed Feelings: M5 will go to top w/o ice
Direct start to M.F.: hard M7
Blade runner: really techy M8
Free strike zone: M7+

Lots more all TRable

Go Get Some!!!!!!!!!!!

No surprise, but the I-70 corridor (Officers, Vail) is pretty much bone dry at the moment.

Thanks for taking the pictures. Super cool, much thanks.

Spent yesterday scoping ice around Silverton and the high basins. No good news, water flowing, snow on the ground, no ice.

Thanks for saving me a trip up there Steve. It has been extremely warm round here. A couple more weeks maybe. Let's get out!!

Something to whet the whistle....

You know, Ouray?? Submitted By: Manky on Feb 13, 2009

It's finally snowing! I've got next Thursday and Friday off so if conditions are promising maybe I'll take the tools for a walk and see what's going on up in the park.

No pictures, but the Shroud in Officer's Gulch went from zero ice to mostly covered (not what I would call climbable yet) within the past few days.

Just for eveyone's information this season..........

The Sue Nott Memorial Bridge has been washed out. That means that all ice climbers will probably have to park in one of two places......
Either by the restrooms off the Frontage Road, next to the golf course or over by the Booth Creek Trail head. Everywhere else is illegal unless you have a permit and subject to a $20 fine. This includes the cul-du-sac over by the Firehouse area. Parking over by the restrooms means limited parking(8 spots)and having to walk along the path to a closer bridge.

Jack Roberts

Hey Chris, I might be game also. Feel free to shoot me a PM.

Aaron,

The parking at the restrooms IS open. I'm trying to get permission for cars to be parked alongside the Frontage Road. Notice all the cars (skiers, snowboarders ) that park alongside the road when the Vail garages are full. Those cars rarely, if ever get ticketed. At the moment if it isn't posted you are supposed to be able to park along the Frontage Road. BUT when CDOT doesn't plow far enough over, cars can't be parked there because they are partly in the road.
All that needs to happen is for the plows to go far enough over so there is enough room for people to park. The problem is more complicated than that but it involves the city of Vail, Vail and Associates, CDOT and more.

For the moment the only two spots we can park without receiving a parking ticket is Booth Creek Trailhead and the area by the restrooms.
Anywhere else you receive a parking ticket. Just chalk the $20 up to the admission fee to climb ice in Vail...........

Fill your cars up with climbers and split the ticket 4 ways.......

the early bird catches the spot and the ice.