Shank Stew

For intermediates and beginners looking follow on a multipitch route with numerous bulges and two good pitches of ice, Shank Stew offers a great diversion from more crowded classics.  

The first pitch is a long wide flow with easier or harder variations.  After this walk a couple hundred feet to pitch 2.  This is a shorter steep(ish) section to a longer moderate section of skinny ice in a slot.  After this coil the ropes and walk up the creek bed for 20-30min.  At a major junction in the drainage look up and right and you can see pitch 3.  There are actually 3 pitches of ice beyond the junction with a little bit of walking between each of them.  Pitches 1 and 3 are the best pitches of the route.

Located in the far back of a canyon up Sheepeater Creek, considered one of the more wild/rugged drainages on the south side of the valley. Follow the South Fork trail near the end of Flying H Ranch to a large open drainage - Sheepeater Creek. Hike up the creek over small pitches of ice to the main first pitch. 

Standard rack of ice screws.