By chadnuesmeyer
Feb 25, 2013
| Doug Coats wrote: The Least Complicated, aka TLC, is located up Spanish Fork Canyon, Hwy 6, in the Red Narrows section, almost directly across from the large cave on the north side of the canyon. TLC and it's sister climb on the left, are located at the back of a slot canyon on the south side. Unless things have changed since I last climbed them, access is by crossing the stream, then hiking up above them from down-canyon, and then rappelling into them. Both are very fun climbs when they are in.
@Doug, Thanks. I did some research and it looks like 'Raven' might be up near Logan. I am still trying to pin down exactly where. | 
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By Brian in SLC
From Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 25, 2013
| chadnuesmeyer wrote: @Doug, Thanks. I did some research and it looks like 'Raven' might be up near Logan. I am still trying to pin down exactly where.
Its south of Duchesne. Ditto Rough Neck. |
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By Briggs
From Vernal, UT
Feb 26, 2013
| As of last week, Rough Neck is not in. About 6 feet or so from connecting. |
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By The Real Mark Evans
From Sandy, UT
Feb 26, 2013
| RonB wrote: And I'm leaving Tuesday! It's tempting enough to cancel my flight and stay another week...By the way, who's the impostor 'Mark Evans' :')
Long story short, I had a friend plan a climbing trip with a different aquaintence named Mark, thinking it was me, and had a bit of an epic... So he started calling me "the real Mark Evans." So, did you end up staying in town? |
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By michael voth
Feb 26, 2013
| Whats the Great White Icicle look like? (i live in Colorado) |
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By scott cooney
From La Casa Taco
Feb 26, 2013
| GWI as of last friday, in but completely chopped up, just a hook ladder the whole way.
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By steve lindsay
Feb 26, 2013
| Is anything in Logan Canyon in? What are the conditions on Malans in Ogden? |
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By scott cooney
From La Casa Taco
Feb 26, 2013
| malans as of sat
haven't been to lagan since my last post about last chance falls so can't tell you on conditions up there. |
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By kevinhansen
From Albion Idaho
Feb 26, 2013
| scott cooney wrote: GWI as of last friday, in but completely chopped up, just a hook ladder the whole way.
A few weeks ago, I climbed GWI for the first time and had a blast. While I was belaying a person from this Forum, I noticed 5 other soloist's on the route. I wonder how many ascents this route gets per week and how many of those ascents are solo's?
I think the percentage would be interesting.
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By jersey
From park city, utah
Feb 26, 2013
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water ice soft porn
miller was in last week but a little thin |
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By Brian in SLC
From Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 27, 2013
| GWI fat and cold as of Monday night. Gobs of snow.
Take care as we get rapid heating this weekend folks. |
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By RonB
From Strawberry Reservoir & VA
Feb 27, 2013
| The Real Mark Evans wrote: Long story short, I had a friend plan a climbing trip with a different aquaintence named Mark, thinking it was me, and had a bit of an epic... So he started calling me "the real Mark Evans." So, did you end up staying in town?
Nope...back in VA/DC area, and it's nasty wet; no snow, no ice, just mud; and they don't like you MTBing on the trails here after a rain; and blah blah blah blah blah...I'm already planning my spring trip back to Utah!... |
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By RonB
From Strawberry Reservoir & VA
Feb 27, 2013
| chadnuesmeyer wrote: ...Also, I saw some of the Strawberry pictures. Where is Strawberry Road? In Advance, Thanks.
Go to google maps and type in "Strawberry Pinnacles, Duchesne, UT". That's on Strawberry Road. The climbs are both east and west of the pinnacles. They all are on cliffs that face dead north mostly, south of the road. Keep your eyes peeled into the woods for the western climbs. They see zero direct sunlight and the temps stay generally colder than, say, Provo canyon; so they hang around...Wish I could join you; enjoy! |
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By cdec
From SLC and Moab, ut
Feb 27, 2013
| Climbed this corner between the Bumble Bee and Psychobabble Walls today.
Rock gear and small screws for 90ish' of really fun thin ice and mixed. A bit harder than the Scottish Gully.
Who's climbed it. Brian do you know something about it?
| From the road about 10 days ago.
Submitted By: cdec on Feb 27, 2013
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| The route today 3/27
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By Brian in SLC
From Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 27, 2013
| I know NS climbed that route back in January and said he pulled some old fixed gear/tat off it that looked a number of years old... |
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By Sam Cannon
From Holladay, UT
Feb 27, 2013
| Climbed 5 pitches of Frozen Assets today. Ice pretty thin on the first pitch and protection marginal. Probably going to be gone soon. |
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By RKM
From Alpine, Utah
Feb 27, 2013
| Dude! Miller's Thriller ???
Still an embarrassing name, glad I didn't come up with that. All Jim Knights idea. Loved the video though.
Ha! |
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By kevinhansen
From Albion Idaho
Feb 28, 2013
| RKM wrote: Dude! Miller's Thriller ???
Is it in? What about the rest of Provo Canyon? |
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By vanman798
Feb 28, 2013
| Kevin, Provo Canyon is still in pretty good shape as of today. However the forecast for the weekend is temps in the 50's F, so I'm not to hopefull that the ice will survive that. |
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By scott cooney
From La Casa Taco
Feb 28, 2013
| so a lil update from Malans, went to get on it last night and right before launch notcied a pretty sketchy fracture, at least sketchy to me... anyways the bottom of the first pitch is fractured at least 95% across if not 100% hard to tell with the ends in the snow, and behind it is hollowed out already. the one pic in the day I photoshoped the line in for the approximate location. most of it was big enough to stick a hand straight through to the rock behind and lots of flowing water even with last nights cold temps. This fracture is new within the last couple days, wasn't there on saturday.
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By AKM1878
Feb 28, 2013
| was in sataquin on sunday. good ice but be a bit careful of pillars.
this one was attached before we started up it... we also backed off of ACT because of cracking.
| base of act
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By kevinhansen
From Albion Idaho
Feb 28, 2013
| AKM1878 wrote: ...careful of pillars. this one was attached before we started up it... we also backed off of ACT because of cracking.
I'm looking for confirmation here.
I started ice climbing in 2002, and along the way remember reading Will Gadd's book. He mentioned that when the temps are low, there will be a good ice/rock bond and the ice is "safe". Once temps get higher, the rock heats up (greater thermal mass) and it melts the ice rock bond leaving a freestanding or free hanging shell. Once the weight of the lower hanging section is greater than the pillars tensile strength, a crack/fracture is observed.
How did I do?
Any other explanation for why these cracks are appearing? |
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By Brian in SLC
From Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 28, 2013
| kevinhansen wrote: Any other explanation for why these cracks are appearing?
Thermal stress. |
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By Allen Sanderson
Feb 28, 2013
| As water cools into ice it expands, when it warms it contracts. |
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By Erik Eriksson
Feb 28, 2013
| whats the pillar on second pitch of act lookin like? |
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