Loch Vale - Saturday 1-26-2013. Everything was pretty beat, or thin...

Mixed Emotions

Mixed Emotions. Submitted By: J Antin on Jan 28, 2013

Meth. Submitted By: J Antin on Jan 28, 2013

Loch Vale, 1-26-2013. Submitted By: J Antin on Jan 28, 2013

Mo Flo. Submitted By: J Antin on Jan 28, 2013

Anyone been up to Wolf Creek Pass? Particularly the west side?

Hidden Falls, Glenwood Canyon- I put up the tyrolean just upstream from the Shoshone powerplant yesterday to get across the river. I was able to cross the ice, but it was dicey and not likely to last very long. The tyrolean will need to be tightened, but is otherwise all set. The ice is way fat...all we need now is some young bucks to get up there and break trail...preferably before Friday!

Went up to Hidden Falls in Wild Basin yesterday. The ice was great, but the main flow was the steepest that I've ever scene it. I'm gonna go on a limb and say WI4+ maybe even WI5. As you move up on the upper pillar the ice gets pretty thin, chandeliered, and hollow. The small flow just left of the main flow was in FAT and offers a good way up for a TR if you so choose. The mixed lines to the right appeared to be "IN" but are way above my abilities so take it for what it's worth.

Hidden Falls-main flow. Submitted By: seth0687 on Jan 30, 2013

Hidden Falls from afar. Submitted By: seth0687 on Jan 30, 2013

Hidden Falls from afar 2. Submitted By: seth0687 on Jan 30, 2013

Small flow just left of Hidden Falls-FAT. Submitted By: seth0687 on Jan 30, 2013

Longs from CO 7. Submitted By: seth0687 on Jan 30, 2013

Climbed alexanders chimney on 26jan13, pretty dry making for more mixed and some "blob sticking" the more exposed pitches.

brain freeze?

rmnp updates anyone???

I was thinking black lake or west gully but im open to whatever's in...

Got out to the park today but ultimately ended up turning back after hopelessly post holing up to the crypt. Oh well, so it goes. There's always scotch lol.

The Crypt, 2/3/13. Submitted By: seth0687 on Feb 3, 2013

Deep Freeze on 2/3/13 from afar. Submitted By: seth0687 on Feb 3, 2013

Unknown ice near Deep Freeze zoomed in, 2/3/13. Submitted By: seth0687 on Feb 3, 2013

Went to lincoln falls yesterday, conditions are awesome. Main flow right and the pillars aren't doing to well, but everything to the left is huge, plenty of great ice.

...also, found a screw there yesterday morning, tell me what kind and where you might have lost it and its yours.

Humped into Black Lake yesterday. Doinked around at Jewel Lake overflow on the way. Got to Black Lake too late for W. Gully (partner had to catch a flight) so we climbed this flow/mini-pillars thing right of Black Lake Slabs. Seems like a separate climb that I haven't seen in before, named route? someone had been on it. Good short WI4 pillars. Slabs are in REALLY FAT with a lot of cool options. West Gully looked a bit lean/sublimated and the Stoneman/Black Curtain area was really thin...bummer. The stuff on the left slabs below Black Lake is in pretty good and could make for some decent bouldering/short solos or beginner leads.

West Gully, 2/4/13. Submitted By: Shameless Shaemus on Feb 4, 2013

Further right from W. Gully...Reflections? Submitted By: Shameless Shaemus on Feb 4, 2013

Stoneman area.... Submitted By: Shameless Shaemus on Feb 4, 2013

Anyone know if this is a named route? Submitted By: Shameless Shaemus on Feb 4, 2013

Closer view...Black Lake Slabs Pillar? Submitted By: Shameless Shaemus on Feb 4, 2013

Rest ledge between two short pillar/steeper flows.... Submitted By: Shameless Shaemus on Feb 4, 2013

Hiked in to check No Thoroughfare Falls 2/3/2013.

No Thoroughfare Falls in Colorado National Monument:

No Thouroghfare Falls, 2/3/2013. Submitted By: luke Lydiard on Feb 4, 2013

Checked out Train Route in Cimarron on 2/3/2013. Climb 5.17 in the Jack Roberts book.

Train Route, 2/3/2013. Submitted By: luke Lydiard on Feb 4, 2013

Well folks, this is getting kinda sad methinks.

The Moffatt Tunnel ice (north facing) was good this weekend, with a bit more ice than usual (probably because of less snow at the bottom!) and the opportunity to set up fun dry-tooling top-ropes on either side. It's still a short, overcrowded smidgeon of ice, but it's better than usual. Someone's been trying to farm more ice, and although there seems to be good potential for it, the new stuff that started to form is brittle and unclimbable.

Thanks Dougald...was a nice option for the day. Wondering if there are some other "named" routes or lines up on the ridge and slabs below Black Lake? I guess one is Reflections? Seems like there are more flows there this year, some stuff up high and one good long slab that's frozen over. Thanks again.

Shameless Shaemus

That is not Relfections. See-

www.mountainproject.com/v/reflections/105747709

Yeah man, was talking about the ice flows below Black Lake which I believe one of them is Reflections per description. The route we did is right of Black Lake Slabs.

Hidden Falls of Glenwood Canyon is in pretty fat, if SUPER slushy and wet on P1. Good screws can be found, with some discerning eyes, amid the plated weirdness. FYI: we ran into Union Pacific security. He was stern, but reasonable, and let us quickly scamper over the tracks and up the hill, but a party a little further back was scuttled (I'm not sure why, other than maybe they still had more tracks to cross?). I recommend we be courteous and discrete, and hope for the best - this could get bad, as there is no other good way other than using the tracks right-of-way to some degree....

Any updates for the Silver Plume flow??

Anything recent on Martha or the longs pk circ in general?

Thanks,

Seth