This past Sunday, Redstone Pillar was in but much thinner than last year. Left side was very dry and funky ice, pro was reasonable; far right had much better ice but the start is fairly technical. Right side up top was running water; pretty chandeliery but better ice than it appears from the ground. Huge track beat in on approach.

Lincoln Falls: Left side = Super Fat. However the pillar is a constant disappearing act.


Any beta on CCC - Hoping to get some apres work sessions in this week.

CCC routes are hammered.

My friend and I climbed the Silk Road yesterday. Pretty good ice all the way up to the ledge where you meet up with the direct east face route. We continued up to the summit with the aid of a hand broom to sweep off the footholds.

Lets all please be mindful of crampon scratch marks once you've joined the direct east face. My friend led the pitch to the summit ridge with crampons on, being very careful to minimize the scratching. With the benefit of a top rope, I then followed the pitch without crampons, slipping on several occasions, but at least doing what I could to minimize our impact. We both went without crampons from that point on.

Agreed Chris. We took our pons off at the ridge last year. Obviously this is conditions dependent but scratches are visible if you know where to look.

Having been off MP for a while, figured I'd jump back in with some sort of contribution! Hit up Hidden Falls in the park for some solo practice yesterday and it was VERY fat. Mixed line was filling in on the right and the small flow to the left is also very in. Went up to Rollinsville today and the north side flow was a bit brittle but fat as well.

Hidden Falls Left Flow, RMNP. Submitted By: Anthony Arena on Feb 12, 2012

Hidden Falls Main Flow, RMNP. Submitted By: Anthony Arena on Feb 12, 2012

North Side Flow, Moffat Tunnel. Submitted By: Anthony Arena on Feb 12, 2012

Climbed on Grace falls in RMNP on Sunday. The falls are huge this year with everything from WI3 to hard WI4+. We approached the falls from the left side . The slope below the main falls is solid, but up and to the left there has been a slide as can be seen in the photo.

Grace Falls. Submitted By: Gordon Laurens on Feb 13, 2012

Hot Doggie. Submitted By: Gordon Laurens on Feb 13, 2012

Found quickdraw up at Haflin Creek in Durango. It has a sharpie "DW" written on the sling. PM me if you want it back

Ice Park is still in great shape! Avi Danger in the San Juans is bad. The snowpack is very unstable.

anymore climbed Martha couloir recently or know how much snow has fallen up there in the last week or so? thanks

I'm also curious about Martha. I'll be heading up there next week so can report back then but wondered if it was still more snow than ice since there have been a couple snow events and it hasn't been too warm in Estes.

Also wanted some beta on a ski descent. I've been in the Chasm View/Long's Peak area plenty but not up Lady Washington. In the NP webcam it appears to have snow on it but I don't know how good it would be for a descent. Is it pretty continuous or mostly rocky? The terrain seems like it might get pretty wind hammered (it is The Park after all). The angle looks pretty mellow but specifics would be nice given the snow pack. The climbing is pretty easy but how is it in ski boots carrying skis?

Climbed martha yesterday. Predominately soft, deep snow and rock. Very little ice.

jmeizis - there is not enough snow to ski the north or east faces of mt. lady washington. camel couloir on the southwest face might be filled in, but I don't know.

Went to the base of Jaws today. While it looked good from the trail,once at the base you saw just how wet and thin it was. There was a constant barrage of ice chunks from above that ranged to both sides of the falls. We did not feel it would be safe to climb or even to stand at the base. We got there before 9am.

Jaws Submitted By: Stephen Marsh on Feb 19, 2012

Redstone - Avacado is better than it was, 1st pitch still way harder than WI3, the ice is a bit thin on the first pitch but the crux can be protected by a 2 1/2 cam low and right. Second pitch is Terrific. Drool is superbe, but getting beaten up.

Got on the ice in CCC yesterday and it is getting better. A little spase, a little hacked out, a little drippy in places but definitely climbable. It seems like the warm days are allowing some flow and the cold nights are freezing it up. It's tepmting to admonish people to stay off it till it fills in more but in reality, if you're in metro Denver with limited time it really is your best option. Probably better advice is "Get it while you can".

Dave Dunlap leading pitch one of "Mickey's". Submitted By: David Sweet on Feb 21, 2012

Dave Dunlap solo at the top of "Mickey's". There wasn't enough ice to protect, so this was the best option. "Coors Lite" is in all the way to the top. Submitted By: David Sweet on Feb 21, 2012

Flatirons were great last week, but sadly that ship has sailed by now.

youtu.be/46t5-1MJZBE

A few of us are taking six students climbing tomorrow at Moffat tunnel from 10-4. Looking to give some young aspiring rock climbers a taste of the frozen world. Hopefully we won't ruin anyones saturday plans, just wanted to offer a heads up.

Phil Wortmann and I took advantage of a brief window of sunny, calm weather and made a ascent of Brain Freeze in RMNP last weekend . Route had scraps of ice on every pitch but was mostly steep snow and mixed at M5 or so.I imagine things will fatten up a bit later in the season. Some avi hazard on the approach slopes and descent. Fun route!

Ze Route. Submitted By: erik wellborn on Feb 24, 2012

3rd pitch. Submitted By: erik wellborn on Feb 24, 2012