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The Box Canyon Ice Climbs Climbing

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Routes in The Box Canyon Ice Climbs

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	All I Wanted Was a Pepsi WI4+
	Box Canyon Falls WI2
	Cobble Cruncher WI4
	Dagger, The WI5 A1
	Fatso WI4
	Flow WI4
	Frozen Lizards WI5+
	Golden Plum WI5-
	Jesus Wept WI6+ X
	Maple Corner Left WI6
	Maple Moon WI5
	Maple Syrup WI5-6 R
	Sandbagger WI4 R
	Shower Curtain WI5 M6
	Tennis Shoe Slab WI3
	Tequila WI3+
	Tied Off Stubbies WI5 R
	Two Worms WI5

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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

The narrow corridor heading due N, just before the Running Man flow. The climbs in this canyon, as with ALL ice climbs in Maple Canyon, are highly dependent on precipitation with an accompanying thaw/freeze cycle. No snow = no ice. Conditions can change exceedingly fast, and has been a major contributing factor of at least one climber's death in the Maple Canyon area.

Getting There

Park at the pullout near the entrance to Maple Canyon, hike 0.8 mile up the road. The Box Canyon will be on your right.

Important Descent Information: Two 60m ropes are necessary for rapping from most Box Canyon climbs, unless one desires to leave gear behind or V-thread mid-rap.

18 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Box Canyon Ice Climbs

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

WI4 32 ● Cobble Cruncher Ice
WI5-6 R 19 ● Maple Syrup Ice
WI5 16 ● Maple Moon Ice
WI4 R 20 ● Sandbagger Ice
WI5- 15 ● Golden Plum Ice
WI5+ 10 ● Frozen Lizards Ice
WI3 13 ● Tennis Shoe Slab Ice
WI5 A1 12 ● The Dagger Aid, Ice 2 pitches