The Great White Icicle WI3
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| Type: | Ice, 3 pitches, 600 feet, Grade II |
| Consensus: | WI3 [details] |
| FA: | Ted Wilson & Rick Reese in the 1960s |
| Season: | When its in. |
| Submitted By: | shawn on Oct 29, 2006 |
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BETA PHOTO: Great White on 11/13/2006.
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Description Great white is one of the most popular areas in Salt Lake County due to the fact its so close and It's a great easy lead and is great for teaching on. It's very often crowded, especially on weekends so be ready to wait in line.
Location To get there park about two miles up canyon at the power plant. Cross the bridge over the river and walk about two hundred yards down the trail and take the first trail heading to the rock. There is usually a trail worn in the snow. The first pitch climbs to the huge boulder on the right side with a belay. Pitch two climbs a low angle gully up to ledge on the left. Pitch three climbs a steeper ice to a belay on the right side. Pitch four climbs the steep headwall that is often in the sun and in poor condition. Most people climb to the left or right side and stay in the rock, trees, and ice to top out. Walk down the gully to the Right or rappel the route.
Protection Screws, fixed gear, bolts. There are a few belay chains.
BETA PHOTO: Great White on 11/13/2006.
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BETA PHOTO: Great White on 11/13/2006.
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BETA PHOTO: Great White on 11/13/2006.
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GWI after 1/23/09 collapse.
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Top of the great white icicle feb 2011 belay
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BETA PHOTO: Last pitch of the GWI on Jan 2nd 2013. Good climb...
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| Comments on The Great White Icicle |
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By R T Titmus
Dec 8, 2006
| This route gets a lot of traffic. On any weekend plan on plenty of climbers and lines. Everyone is tryin to get some climbing in and it gets packed. This year it seems that all the locals are pretty irritated w/all the crowds. It seems as if there is not enough room to satisfy all the needs of the growin ice hacker commun.
I would strongly suggest going @night or on a weekday, so that a full on, and true alpine experience is established. Also, many rappel/belay stations are found on the route, w/lots of new hardware and slings. glissade from the top for a beautiful Little experience.
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By Eastvillage
From: New York, NY
Jan 3, 2007
| I climbed this in 1973, what a fun adventure! We glissaded down afterward, it was really fun.
Great times. |
By shawn
Nov 23, 2007
| Went up to check on conditions today 11/23/2007. The ice is coming in and a party was climbing the last pitch as I left my car. The huge boulder at the top of the first pitch with the belay station is now gone. There has been a huge rock fall here. |
By John J. Glime
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Jan 24, 2009
| FYI, For those new to the climb, the "3 pitches" description is a bit misleading. For example, the last time I climbed it, I did it in 6 pitches. I think 4 is common. It depends if you want to use all of the fixed anchors. Or if you want to build anchors, etc. Either way, this route has a totally 'casual' reputation, which is deserving... but you should still take it seriously. Depending on conditions, it can turn into a nasty alpine affair. It can bite you. |
By max huecksteadt
From: Salt Lake, UT
May 28, 2012
rating: WI3
| Four pitches of ice this close to salt lake? Superb- but go on a weekday and forget the crowds |
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