Show me your... Icy?

There have been seemingly endless pages of "show me your woody" or "what does your woody look like?" threads, but I haven't seen a proper equivalent for the ice-minded among us (apologies to any I've missed or forgotten).  I know we ice farmers are a rare breed, but I'm sure there are a bunch of you hiding out there somewhere.  Despite a terrible weather pattern to start the season, my home ice wall is finally in good condition after the recent cold snap.  How's yours doing?  Show us!  Help inspire future flatlanders with too few friends and insatiable appetites for suffering on dark -46C nights!  Iced up telephone poles, trees, tree houses, HAM radio towers, grain silos, or purpose-built structures... whatever it is that makes your neighbours think you're nuts - bring it on!

Here's mine, using a 30' scaffold tower, a heat traced insulated hose, and an auto belay (I need to do some excavating at the base to reclaim some of that total height):

Is ice climbing fun? 

Adam Rwrote:

Is ice climbing fun? 

That's what we tell ourselves.

That is awesome!  I wish it was cold enough at my house for that. 

It's type 2 fun

It was 10+ years ago, back when So NY still had reliable cold winters.

short ice wall off the back of the deck

Gunkiemikewrote:

It was 10+ years ago, back when So NY still had reliable cold winters.

short ice wall off the back of the deck

Quick, easy, and effective - love it!

Grant Watsonwrote:

That setup is kind of insane. Did you build that structure, or was it just some abandoned thing you inherited on your property? I can't imagine any single individual having a more elaborate, large scale backyard icy that they aren't charging admission and making a business out of lol

30’ of scaffold is nothing if you have ties to construction. One guy could set that in an hour. 

I never said I wasn't insane, so...

I bought and assembled the scaffold for the purpose.  I'm not in construction, and maybe that's why it took me significantly more than an hour to assemble.  Okay, a LOT more.  Would have been faster with an extra deck plank and if I hadn't been working single handed.  Worth it, though.

Back in the early 90s me and my steady partner made an ice climb about 35 feet high in his back yard. We climbed it Christmas Eve day. Beers by a fire outside afterwards not near the climb! A neighbor wasn’t happy and called the police. They thought it was awesome.

Back then Climbing Magazine had a section of “quick hit info” so we sent a pic in. They published it with a couple sentences and called it “backyard swing-set!” Somewhere I still have that issue!  

That is beyond awesome.  

Pretty awesome! Love the commitment. 

 A farmer made this in their yard. I asked permission to climb it. it was at least 30ft tall. we didn't know about v threads and the screws were not condusive to that method so i left two screws and found them in the spring. 

Nick Goldsmithwrote:

 A farmer made this in their yard. I asked permission to climb it. it was at least 30ft tall. we didn't know about v threads and the screws were not condusive to that method so i left two screws and found them in the spring. 

The classic freestanding tower.  Awesome!  Some spicy lead climbing every time you use it.

EDIT: I realize now that this could come across as snide, but that wasn't my intent at all.  I built a tower very similar a few years ago.