Type: Trad, Ice, 600 ft (182 m), 3 pitches, Grade IV
FA: F.A.: Barry Blanchard, Joe Josephson
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Shared By: Dave Rone on Dec 22, 2024
Admins: Dave Rone, Tom Jones, Richard Rose, Rhys Beaudry

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If you'd rather climb (a lot) instead of hike, this route is for you. Park the car, hike 10 minutes to the base, and ready, set, go....for 1200' of ice!  In the condition we found it, there was no crux, but most pitches have some grade 5 ice.

Pitches 1-3, 180m, WI5; Climb Lower Weeping Wall to the top. Continue up through trees     and then traverse right to the Nasty Habits Approach Ice.

Pitches 4-5, 110m, WI4; Climb rolling, thin, pick dulling, ice veneer, aiming for a top-out on     the right side. Then scramble up and right to the base of the final ice wall.

Pitch 6, 35m, WI5; Follow the path of least resistance to a sheltered belay on the left.

Pitch 7, 35m, WI5+; Very steep ice right off the belay, eases near the top.

It is possible to combine pitches 6 & 7, but due to the meandering nature of the lower ice, and a desire to share the love, we elected to do it in two.

Location Suggest change

Tales of Ordinary Madness is the right most route on the Upper Weeping Wall.

Climb the Lower Weeping Wall line suits you most. Once on top, head up through trees and then traverse over to the base of the Nasty Habits Approach Ice

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Screws. Rappel from threads when necessary, fixed stations are located above Nasty Habits approach ice and down the climber's right side of the Lower Weeping Wall.

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