Ice conditions in MN??
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Does anybody know the ice conditions in Stillwater, Sandstone, or North Shore area? Has anything started to form in the last week, or is it still too thin? Any info would be appreciated...it's hard to find the time to check it out, especially in early season. |
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Hey Nate, |
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Right on, that would be awesome, Chase. Hoping to head out sometime over the extended weekend and thinking that this week's cold snap might just fatten it up to climbable thickness. Pics would be greatly appreciated! |
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Thin to non existent to both the North Shore and Sandstone. Not worth the trip yet. |
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The ice up here is not in but casket is ready to be climbed. was out there today with another party. The mixed lines are wet but climbable all of the ice routes were thin and maybe climbable. |
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Hey Nate, |
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Great info everyone. Was hoping to hear that it's all fat up north (and preferably in Stillwater too), but oh well. |
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I posted an updated picture of Casket Quarry when I was last there a couple days ago. It was a pretty cold day, but the sun was beating down on the ice and ice was falling everywhere. |
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Does anyone know how Sandstone is shaping up? |
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It is in good condition, and the ice is very climbable. Hopefully it will be farmed up a bit more before the festival. Climbed with Nate J there today, maybe he will throw up a few photos |
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Hey, |
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Yeah, Sandstone is looking pretty fat, especially the main flow. I don't have the pictures on my computer yet, but will try to upload those within a few days. It should be shaping up pretty good for the ice fest this weekend...hope to see everyone out there! |
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Nate J. wrote:Yeah, Sandstone is looking pretty fat, especially the main flow.A couple friends of mine were there on Sunday December 5th (whoops I said the 12th before!) and said the EXACT opposite. To quote one of them: "Just hope that they start seriously farming the ice this week. It wasn't looking so great on Sunday." |
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(I assume you meant Dec. 5th?) Pretty funny to hear that, Chad, always nice to get other opinions. Compared to even two weeks ago it was significantly thicker and seemed to be shaping up quick with the cold nights. Many of the lines towards climbers right (Reservoir Dogs area) were dripping on Sunday and it likely wasn't from the warm temps. That being said, it seems that Sandstone has the potential to be farmed up huge and I have yet to see it with full cushion for the pushin. All subjectiveness aside, check out the pics. |
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Thanks for posting up the pics Nate! |
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Anyone have updated info on TC, Sandstone, or N. Minnesota Ice conditions? |
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Nice, that's looking good! Especially the main flow and the few lines to the right of it. Hopefully everyone got some good climbing in during the ice fest. |
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Hi, Ive discovered a very interesting canyon off the saint croix that could maybe be farmed. The canyon is about 100 feet tall, maybe 110 feet at the highest. It looks like there is some sort of stream that oddly flows around the canyon walls and not down them or down the center of the canyon. this canyon definatly has potential to form a giant ice piller of at least 80 to a 100 feet, if the water flow is diverged. also if you hike out there and want to get some climbing in theres a pretty fat chunk of ice about 100 yards down from this canyon that is about 20 feet of steep ice and maybe another 15 feet of WI 2. |
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Teddy wrote:Hi, Ive discovered a very interesting canyon off the saint croix that could maybe be farmed. The canyon is about 100 feet tall, maybe 110 feet at the highest. It looks like there is some sort of stream that oddly flows around the canyon walls and not down them or down the center of the canyon. this canyon definatly has potential to form a giant ice piller of at least 80 to a 100 feet, if the water flow is diverged. also if you hike out there and want to get some climbing in theres a pretty fat chunk of ice about 100 yards down from this canyon that is about 20 feet of steep ice and maybe another 15 feet of WI 2.Teddy, this is totally radical! Do you mind sharing a litte more detail on where this is? |
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Yeah, PM me at ctlanghout@gmail.com |