Type: Trad, TR, Ice, 100 ft (30 m)
GPS: 42.59663, 74.50438
FA: FKA Amadeus DeKastle (2020)
Page Views: 365 total · 6/month
Shared By: Amadeus DeKastle on Dec 26, 2020
Admins: Gabe Lizer, Liz

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Further up the canyon from Birch Falls is Pee Your Pants.  Obiously this climb won't make you pee your pants from the technical difficulty, but the colour of the ice looks like someone did... For the most part, this climb is just a simple 65 degree pitch on easy ice with one 1.5 meter vertical section you can get up and over really easily.  There are spots without any ice where you might get some dirt on yourself, but no biggie as it isn't a waterfall (per se) but rather just water seeping out of the side of the hill that is to be expected.  

Location Suggest change

After Birch Falls, continue up the gulley (there is a fun little 2 meter fall you can stem up to in order to get to some ice, or you can go around it) and after about 5-10 minutes of walking you'll see it on your left.  As the gully is overgrown with bushes in this spot, you'll need to hike up the hill on the left side and scramble down some rocks to get to the base of the climb.  

Protection Suggest change

There is a large Juniper tree 30 meters up that is great to anchor to and rappel off of. in terms of screws you can put as many as you want as the ice is thick enough, but how many do you really need on a 30 meter pitch of low angle ice???

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