Upper Weeping Wall; Tales of Ordinary Madness
WI5+
Type: | Trad, Ice, 600 ft (182 m), 3 pitches, Grade IV |
FA: | F.A.: Barry Blanchard, Joe Josephson |
Page Views: | 44 total · 26/month |
Shared By: | Dave Rone on Dec 22, 2024 |
Admins: | Dave Rone, Tom Jones, Richard Rose, Rhys Beaudry |
Description
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.
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