Hey Brian Smoot!
Was that you up there on Stewarts on 5 January Saturday with a party of three? I didn't recognize you the way everyone was so bundled up. Cheers!

Yes, conditions were good!...we climbed all 4 pitches.

Matt how was Willard Falls? That top section formed up well?

Nobody has said anything about it but, has anybody noticed the headlamp frozen in the ice on The Scruffy Band. If you go in the dark you can see the headlamp because the light is on. At least it was still on Monday.

Hi all,

Whomever has visited the Provo Canyon area recently may have gotten a parking warning. I visited with a enthusiastic Utah Country Sheriff; who enjoys to get out just like the rest of us. He had been in the middle of writing a few in the parking lot of Upper Falls; when I ran into him.

Please don't park in front of the gates (Which is clearly Marked) or you will get a ticket.

He mentioned this would be the last day of warning; towing and impounding are the next steps.

Please be mindful of what this might mean if there is some emergency to get back into those areas.

Rob

Ice is in down south

Huntington Submitted By: Matt Wolski on Jan 13, 2013

Hello all! How is Joes forming up? We are going to detour there for a day or two on the way to Ouray.

No pics, but Santaquin was in on Sunday. Angel of Fear collapsed recently and washed an avalanche across the trail. ACT and Candlestick were both in good conditions (the top out to Candlestick actually seems better-ish now). Squashhead is in with thick though chandeliered ice on P1. P1 on Backoff is a snow ramp and P2 is in thick.

Seems I've managed to leave both of my copies of Ice Climbing Utah at the cabin; doing me no good watching conditions here in VA. Can anyone remind me what is the ratings range at Joe's again? What is CCC rated? Any nice 3s in that area to cut my slow-season-start teeth on?

Digital Ice Guide. Joe's Valley Ice.

www.mountainproject.com/v/ice/105896016

Any updates on conditions in Provo Canyon (Bridalveil, Stairway, etc)?
Thanks!
Eric.

Thanks for the replies! Some say Joes is good some say Huntington. Might hit both but Joes looks better after this week.

Looking at the raiting and photos on MP of pitches 1-3 of CCC, which pitch gets the WI5 rating? Or, is it the thin secondary pillar I can see on pitch 3?

Sorry confused CCC with Melty Way 4-5. Should be using my glasses...

Provo Canyon conditions? Anyone? Thks!

Climbed Stairway To Heaven in Provo last night. All but one set of anchors above the apron were iced in, nowhere to be seen. Ice was a odd mix of REALLY hard brittle ice and the wettest ice I've ever climbed.

Had a great day down in Joe's on 1/16/12. The Ice was Fantasic

There was some fun stuff leading back into Deadbolt

Fun stuff leading back into Deadbolt Submitted By: Mooner on Jan 17, 2013

Dead Bolt Submitted By: Mooner on Jan 17, 2013

1st pitch CCC Submitted By: Mooner on Jan 17, 2013

CCC 2nd Pitch Submitted By: Mooner on Jan 17, 2013

Spear of Fear from the Road Submitted By: Mooner on Jan 17, 2013

1st Pitch of Baby Steps "The Pipe Traverse". Submitted By: Mooner on Jan 17, 2013

2nd pitch of Baby Steps with famous root rest if you get pumped Submitted By: Mooner on Jan 17, 2013

4th Pitch and the Money Pitch of Baby Steps Submitted By: Mooner on Jan 17, 2013

"Baby Steps" can be found .3 miles past the 6 mile marker in Joe's as you're driving in. After seeing some ice up a drainage we got out to hike up to it and inspect its size and found three sections: a short vertical step with a tree branch crossing the top which you have to climb under, a low angle ramp, and then the longest of the 3 steps and the reason for getting out of your car at all. These steps had the most pliable ice we swung at all day, and despite their short sizes the drainage was pretty fun to cruise up. It's worth stopping to do on your way out--it will take half an hour or less. Directly across the street from the small drainage are two pipes, one of which had a super thick and stumpy flow of ice coming out of it.