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Routes in The Left Hand Fork Ice Climbs
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Bowling Ball Head WI3+ |
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Brittle Stiffie, The WI3 |
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Deep Throat Maple WI3 |
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Fling WI4 |
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Four Pin Variation, The WI4 |
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Get Whacked WI5+ |
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Hammer and Sickle M3 |
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Shrink To Fit Wranglers S M7+ |
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Smear Campaign WI3 |
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Wet Itchies, The WI4+ |
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| Type: | Ice, Alpine, 140 ft (42 m) |
| FA: | Colbert '96 or '97? |
| Page Views: | 3,259 total · 17/month |
| Shared By: | Brian in SLC on Feb 6, 2008 |
| Admins: | Jim Clarke, Andrew Gram, Nathan Fisher, Perin Blanchard, GRK, D C |
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Access Issue: Private Property/Skin or Hike Approach
Details
Continued access to Box Canyon is at the pleasure of the private landowner. Please...no dogs, no defecating in canyon. Pack it out. Pack it all out.
The best single book for Maple Canyon Ice Climbs is Jason Stevens' Maple Canyon Ice Climbing, available at area specialty equipment shops (or perhaps from him directly if you contact him on this site). Read it, especially his section on vehicular access issues.
All of the climbs in Maple Canyon absolutely require snow to provide moisture for the melt/freeze which forms these climbs, so snow-covered roads are pretty much a given. Plan to hike or skin up the road. It's a nice warm-up for the climbing, and will alleviate a lot of opportunities for a headache.
Description
Steep, sustained, sometimes a thin horror show, sometime fat and sassy. Usually appears as a fat column attached to the steep cobble face. A stunning and sought after classic.
Location
Located as the biggest, most consistant forming flow on the Orangutan Wall (if walking up the Left Fork, this wall will be one of the last tall walls on the right side prior to the Left Fork kind of petering out into shorter cliffs). On the left-ish side of the wall which is located on the other side of the rock prow to the left of Bowling Ball Head (past the narrow slot of Deep Throat Maple).
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