The Brittle Stiffie 

FA:  Bob Sorenson, Jason Stevens ('06) Type:  Ice, Alpine Consensus:  WI3 [details] Length:  3 pitches Season:  winter Views: 138 page views Submitted By: John Ross on Sep 12, 2008 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Private Property/Skin or Hike Approach MORE INFO >>> 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. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Starting up the final curtain on The Brittle Stiffie.

Description 

P1 (WI3-, 60'): A reliably forming slab. Belay from a tree.

P2 (WI3, 25'): Short pitch to a pine tree.

P3 (20'): Steep short curtain.

Descent: Rappel down from trees.

Location 

Walk up the Left Hand Fork about a 5 min. past Get Whacked. Look for the smear a short distance from the path with a flat open area at the base.

Protection 

Variety of ice screws, webbing for belays from trees.

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First pitch of The Brittle Stiffie.