Midwest Ice Conditions 15/16 season
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Little thin still in Duluth |
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Is it dry in there as well? Last time i was there to climb the far left walls were soaking wet, but that was a month ago |
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Dripping for in several areas. Seemed to be more noticeable as the day went on. Martini had a steady drip, enough to get my pant leg annoyingly wet. A couple routes over by big blue are probably a little too wet to climb without a jacket or warmer weather. |
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crap so far. no ice in OB yet. |
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Todd over in Wyalusing told me there is ALOT of seepage this year coming out of the quarry all along the wall so this is good news.... PLUS.. the solid 2 days of rain we just received is going to really boost the water table levels! |
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Casket was wet across the board on Saturday. |
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Does anyone know when sandstone will be ready to start ice climbing? When do they start spraying? with this cold the last few days I'm ready to get out and climb |
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Sandstone news is there, and usually updated. I haven't heard of farming yet, but headed to MSP tomorrow and will see some of the people in the know and can report back. |
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Farming is underway at Sandstone, but the temperatures are just not cooperating. |
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Good call Peter. Let it grow the next three weeks. |
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Still too warm in Duluth (and Sandstone) for any climbable ice. Please stay off any ice now in the hopes of a developing base for future bashing... |
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Bump. I hate that this thread had slipped to 13th in the most recent posts for the midwest... Anything? Anywhere? Anybody? |
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At this point only at the higher elevations out west..... |
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Casket is still wet. The west end had some ice but was crashing down all day. |
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Sandstone had a surprising amount of ice on Saturday, a lot of natural ice as well. In the 30 minutes I was there I heard several avalanches. Definitely stay off. |
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So after 3 cold-like days (highs from below to just above freezing) I snuck down to Governor Dodge this morning at sunrise hoping. I was pretty sure I'd find nothing, but it's the day before the solstice and I had to try something before next week's warm spell (highs pushing 50!). Much to my chagrin, Cox Hollow was a raging falls (as expected), with only a trace of ice on either side. I'd post the pictures I took, but they'd just depress you. Besides, what little was there this morning will be gone by the end of the week. Instead I'll leave you with this. |
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Managed to locate a bit of ice and mixed yesterday 12-19-15. Secret location! |
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Burt Lindquist wrote:Managed to locate a bit of ice and mixed yesterday 12-19-15. Secret location! Went to this area on a total internal hunch and hit the jackpot ( or at least close to that given the non-winter so far).Secret Location!? Grrr... ;-/ Anyone know if the Thunder Bay area's getting any snow/ice? Looking for a destination for a couple of days between holidays here. Camping is okay. |
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JWalton... |
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Any one know where to find ice that's in currently? I was hoping to head out on Sunday. |
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Gabe, |