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Routes in The Left Hand Fork Ice Climbs
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Bowling Ball Head WI3+ |
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Brittle Stiffie, The WI3 |
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Deep Throat Maple WI3 |
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Fling WI4 |
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Four Pin Variation, The WI4 |
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Get Whacked WI5+ |
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Hammer and Sickle M3 |
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Shrink To Fit Wranglers S M7+ |
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Smear Campaign WI3 |
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Wet Itchies, The WI4+ |
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| Type: | Ice, Alpine, 80 ft (24 m) |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 1,606 total · 9/month |
| Shared By: | josh holmes on Jan 9, 2009 |
| Admins: | Jim Clarke, Andrew Gram, Nathan Fisher, Perin Blanchard, GRK, D C |
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Access Issue: Private Property/Skin or Hike Approach
Details
Continued access to Box Canyon is at the pleasure of the private landowner. Please...no dogs, no defecating in canyon. Pack it out. Pack it all out.
The best single book for Maple Canyon Ice Climbs is Jason Stevens' Maple Canyon Ice Climbing, available at area specialty equipment shops (or perhaps from him directly if you contact him on this site). Read it, especially his section on vehicular access issues.
All of the climbs in Maple Canyon absolutely require snow to provide moisture for the melt/freeze which forms these climbs, so snow-covered roads are pretty much a given. Plan to hike or skin up the road. It's a nice warm-up for the climbing, and will alleviate a lot of opportunities for a headache.
Description
Steep ice that mellows a bit in the middle then one last little steep bit to the chains on the right.
Location
In the Engagement Alcolve, about a hundred yards up the Left Hand Fork of Maple Canyon on the right. Follows the rock route of the same name.
One 60m rope gets you down with plenty of rope to spare.
One 60m rope gets you down with plenty of rope to spare.
Protection
Stubbies to medium sized screws. One could reach way to the right and clip a couple of bolts on an adjacent sport route. Traverse to the right about six feet to a set of anchors with rings. Or if it is thin at the top you can clip a set of chains immediately to the right of the ice (on 1/08/09 there was one chain exposed).
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