Utah Ice Conditions, 2013 - 2014
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Trying a figure out what climb this is... It's to the left of ice mate and playmate in the little ouray area. Nice 30-40 feel of ice and someone put up some nice anchor bolts up there ta' boot! |
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We made the long trek up past the fifthwater hot springs to check out "sixth water" ice fall |
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It is a bit weird re: Joe's, esp. given the very cold snap not long ago. Surprised that CCC is in (must be drippy?) but it's aspect favors its conditions. |
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haleymay wrote: How was it? I'm heading up there this week.We took gear but each ended up soloing it. We didn't know what to expect but could have saved a lot of weight had we known. It's pretty short but the whole trip including the hike , climb and a dip makes it a good day. |
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Along with Mary's has anybody heard anything about Strawberry Pinnacles? |
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yo chad |
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Moqui Holdout was too thin to climb yesterday: |
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Drove up Logan canyon New Years Eve day. From the road I didn't see any ice. |
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bay wrote:...drove the strawberry river road on my way back into town the other day. Zero ice...However, I did spend an afternoon slayin' some WI-1 ice... fishing :pBummer! I'm heading to my Strawberry cabin next week for the month. I was hoping something was forming back behind me. Guess I'll just have to ice fish the reservoir, and maybe take my picks and crampons along and do some horizontal routes...Or, maybe farm some ice blocks out of the lake; or, put the garden hose up a cliff side and siphon some water down it. Yeah, and I'm sure the Park Service and Bureau of Reclamations will love me for it!-') |
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Garret Nuzzo-Jones wrote:Went down to Santaquin today. Angel of Fear is not in. ACT is thin and not touching on the second pitch. Candlestick is touching and down, but in full on WI6 conditions. Squash Head's first curtain was wet and chandeliered. Wouldn't take screws. We decided to skip it. Upper pitch looked like it was in reasonable shape. Backoff was actively forming. First pitch was kind of funky. Foolishly soloed up it thinking it was good all the way to the bolts but ended up bailing before the end of the first pitch. Needs another week or two to form into solid leading conditions. Kitty Litter wall was the consolation prize on the way home. Can't beat that approach with a stick.Climbed Back Off in Santaquin today Jan 2. Ice was good. first low angle pitch had solid ice. There were dinner plates on every swing for first 3/4 of second pitch, but solid ice underneath, bullet hard, turned to plastic on the last quarter. Squash Head looked good from the road. |
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Went down to check out the Finger of Fate today in Provo and this is what we found. |
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Just back from Joe's...roadside ice fairly limited. CCC and Deadbolt in and in fair nick. |
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After being bumped out of position on the stairway, by a known local (thanks for ruining our climb)- so much for ethics. I found an item laying on the ground below the 2nd pitch. I would love to get it back to to the owners. (team climbing a pitch above us). PM me and tell me what it is and you can have it back. |
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Upper pitches of stairway don't look so hot. We did the first two but the third is looking kind of odd with all the chandeliered formations. The ice on the first two pitches was scary sounding and looking. It would generate massive cracks and look like it wanted to dinner plate but proved to be totally solid and took screws like a champ. |
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Climbed Miller's last Thursday (Jan 2) and FMR last Friday (Jan 3). Both were thin in spots, but very climbable. Top pitch of FMR was fat. I'll try and get some pictures up. |
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Some good looking ice in LCC. Super Slab was thin. So is the Scruffy Band. |
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Backoff in Santaquin Canyon
Got out to Santaquin Canyon today. The first pitch of Squash Head required thoughtful placement of screws but after that it was just amazing ice. Backoff(the picture above) was just amazing the whole way up. Go get Some! |