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Moody Aunt Ruby

WI5-6 R, Ice, 300 ft (91 m), 2 pitches, Grade III,  Avg: 4 from 3 votes
FA: Will Mayo, Joe Szot & Ian Boyer - 2005
Vermont > VT Ice & Mixed > Lake Willoughby > Mt Hor
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Description

An etherial route that has come in fat this year (2019) and has probably seen as many ascents in the 2018/2019 season as in the past 10 years combined. The rating listed is what the FA party gave it although it seems to have started coming in a little easier/safer this year.

P1: If thin, this is the crux. A series of steep columns to a belay at 60 meters.
P2: Climb sometimes blobular, mushroomed ice up a final steep column to belay at the trees. 50 meters.

Location

The route is obvious from anywhere on the lake, tiers of yellow columns and curtains on Mt. Hor.

Protection

Some rock gear needed when thin

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Moody from the base (Jan 2019)
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Jeremy Dowdy belaying behind the first big icicle after pitch one
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Photo taken by Pat Cooke from "Called on Account of Rains"
[Hide Photo] Photo taken by Pat Cooke from "Called on Account of Rains"