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Colorado Ice Conditions 2023-2024
Alex Langfieldwrote: Anna Pfaff posted an Instagram story yesterday. Starting to ice up but not in yet |
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Does anybody know if Hidden Falls in RMNP is in? Looking to set up some top ropes this weekend. Any other suggestions for spots are welcome. |
Max Brandwrote: Best place to toprope is lincoln falls. Be mindful of other parties in line. Only lead if there's people waiting. |
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Anyone got eyes on all mixed up this week? |
Alex Langfieldwrote: Friday. Forming up. Still thin. |
Alex Langfieldwrote: Currently not possible to continuously ice climb p2&3 (as of Saturday). Lots of water flowing & changing rapidly though. |
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Climbed AC this weekend and it rocked. Great thin conditions. Thin but still good pro up until the pitch above the chockstone. Some runout necessary there. Single rack and a few stubby screws should do it. Brought pins but didn’t need them. Photo above the chockstone pitch.  *****LOST GLOVE**** I think one of my favorite Arc’teryx gloves (the right one) fell out of my pack when I was taking it off at Chasm Lake. It would have been on the far side of the lake (closest to the hike up to Lamb Slide) right where the water meets the scree field. I’d be very, very grateful if anyone found it and got it back to me. Kaegan 319-621-0096  |
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Needed a little cardio so did a little run to check out hidden falls and as expected not really in yet  |
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Has anyone seen black lake recently? |
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Any pictures of stairway to heaven? |
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Bone dry in silver town, raining to 9500ft Tride. |
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Hi, sorry to piggy back but I'll be looking for a partner in the park in late Jan or early Feb, hoping I can meet some of you. |
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Loch Vale Gorge is coming in decent, and the right hand side of Mo' Flo' Than Go is pretty much fully in. Stuff to the right probably needs a bit longer though. Top part of Free Strike Zone was pretty good too. TR'd just the top 2/3rds for the easier mixed and WI4-ish ice yesterday.null  |
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22 PEOPLE attempted NW gully thatchtop on Saturday. GOOD LORD. afaik, 13 climbed it and 9 bailed. Luckily Loch Vale Gorge is coming in as Gavin mentioned above. AMU still looked thin through binocs from road. Anyone know if the gullies immediately left of NW gully thatchtop have been climbed?  Necro  Lower Deep Freeze  Upper deep freeze  Mixed Emotions (party TR'ed the drytool section but mentioned not climbing the ice to let it grow) and mo flo than go  The Crypt  +1 to is stairway to heaven in? |
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you’re going to complain about crowded routes in the park (on a Saturday no less) when you yourself also post conditions in the park? Are you really surprised? The first rule of ice climbing, is don’t post conditions. The second rule is… |
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Thank you Evan |
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My partner and I climbed the NW gully on Sunday and it was not crowded. We heard word of the crowds on Saturday from the 1 other group up there with us, and we both agreed that while it would have sucked to do so, we would have bailed if we found all those other parties on the route when we arrived. I accidentally sent a big rock down the route (thankfully it cratered into soft snow) and was extremely grateful that no one else was there. Word of advice to other ice climbers out there: climbing below other parties is dangerous to you. Climbing above other parties is dangerous to them. I’ve been smacked by big pieces of ice before and you don’t want that. I’ve hit others with ice, too. You don’t want that either. I know you’ve hiked a long ways to get to the route, but if there are lots of parties up there, TURN AROUND! |
Evan Gerrywrote: Wow! Why exactly are you on this forum... On that note, can anyone speculate on the Avy conditions at Lincoln for this Friday, given the forecast of 3-7 inches of additional snow? Unfamiliar with the area. |
Ben Bwrote: If you can't wait around for the party above to clear safely, agree, best practice is to look elsewhere. Otherwise you climb at your own risk, and the party above is not responsible for you. |
