Windy Saddle Ice Flow aka Secret Waterfall WI2+
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| Type: | Ice, 1 pitch, 75 feet |
| Consensus: | WI3- [details] |
| FA: | Unknown |
| Season: | most winters |
| Submitted By: | Ken Trout on Feb 15, 2011 |
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BETA PHOTO: Photo taken Feb. 14, 2011.
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Description This is not really worth the hike if you're seeking steepness.
Location Windy Saddle is a few miles up the Lookout Mountain Road, officially called Lariat Loop. The ice is a long way down below, on the west side of the parking lot. The flow is very well hidden and can't be seen from either the overlook or down on US 6. The easiest way to spot it is from the Stumbling Block, across the canyon. When the river is frozen, approach from below. Otherwise, hiking down from Windy Saddle is possible but very strenuous.
Protection Ice screws.
Jay, Secret Waterfall, 1979. Photo by Bryan Fergus...
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| Comments on Windy Saddle Ice Flow aka Secret Waterfall |
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By Bryan Ferguson
From: Denver, CO
Dec 6, 2011
rating: WI3
| Funny to see the Secret Waterfall "outed” – I’ve been going there most every year since 1979. Jay and I simul-soloed it in '79. I think it's solid WI 3.
Best approach is from above. Drop off the Beaver Brook trail at the rock outcropping well before the Secret Icefall drainage. Before the Beaver Brook Trail was in, we approached from below. Not too bad, but the river crossing can be dangerous. |
By Bryan Ferguson
From: Denver, CO
Mar 27, 2012
rating: WI3
| We called this the "Secret Waterfall" for 30 years prior to the Windy Saddle naming. What do you think, should we go with Secret Waterfall? |
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