Type: | Trad, Ice, 200 ft (61 m) |
FA: | Pat Callis, Steve Jackson, Terry Kennedy; 1975 |
Page Views: | 3,103 total · 36/month |
Shared By: | Bogdan Petre on Dec 29, 2017 |
Admins: | GRK, Zach Wahrer |
Description
Location
Enter Flanders by the most obvious route (logging roads). Follow these roads to a large clearing on your left with a stream at the bottom. You should be able to see the top of champagne sherbert on the east (left) wall of Flanders from here (although it may not be recognizable). The road/trail will narrow and get much more bushy if you go too far beyond this point. Cross the meadow and stream following the path of least resistance. There appears to be a trail that gets some degree of maintenance but it's not very obvious in deep snow. If you can identify it you'll see it angling forward and left relative to the logging road, makes something like a 60 degree angle with the road. Will wind its way through the woods straight to the champagne sherbert drainage near the base of the route.
Protection
Screws. Double ropes and slings to rap the route from trees.
We needed flotation for the approach and belay stance, and used skis to good effect. Lately access seems to have gotten easier though so if you don't have flotation don't be deterred necessarily, particularly before the Jan 1st road closure when snow totals are lower and traffic is higher. Just be aware if you do have skis that the terrain is very amenable to it (not too bushy or steep).
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