UTAH - 2015/16 Ice Season

GWI and my Alpine Draw

I know the rules about booty but I would still like my draw that was dropped on the third pitch.....red and white spectra runner with large and small biners, one colored and one silver.....ping me
703.926.4661.......much thanks and good karma for your help.

thehackattacks wrote:ATTENTION--- Lost my old school Black Prophet tool in a fall on the final steep curtain of GWI yesterday! It fell from near the top and bounced down out of sight, not sure where it landed. But I would love to get it back! Its a mid-90s Black prophet with an adze. Would be grateful to whoever finds it and contacts me.

Michael S. Catlett wrote: Hey brother I sent you a PM....we have your tool

Jeff Bone wrote:FA/FKA near Lake Blanche??? Interested in any information that would help Brett Verhoef, my wife, and myself in determining if this climb (just north of Lake Blanche) we completed today is a FA or FKA. It is very visible on the approach to the lake, but very hard to access the base of the ice. name, grade, or unclimbed? what say you?

Any beta on how Maple will be with these temps creeping in.....don't want to drive 2 hours to have it raining and falling down on me

thehackattacks wrote:ATTENTION--- ALSO-- There's an ole school USSR Iribis ice screw (now bent) that caught my fall and was not able to be retrieved. As things warm and it's able to be removed, I'd love to be reunited with it. Its now my lucky ice screw and I'd like to keep in in a place of honor; I owe it one.

Did GWI tonight and lost a yellow 13cm BD Express screw. Hoping for someone to cash in on some good karma. Happy to trade lost screw for beer or something.

Michael S. Catlett wrote:Any beta on how Maple will be with these temps creeping in.....don't want to drive 2 hours to have it raining and falling down on me

@alpinerocket, yep that was us. And if anyone heads up there be careful, it is a pretty active slide path. We did not trigger one, but about 2 minutes after we got back to our gear and the very nice overhanging roof, a large wet slough came down. We are now pretty sure that this was a FA, we are saying WI4, 60ft total, 30 ft vertical or slightly overhanging, with lots of exposure!

Jeff Bone wrote:@alpinerocket, yep that was us. And if anyone heads up there be careful, it is a pretty active slide path. We did not trigger one, but about 2 minutes after we got back to our gear and the very nice overhanging roof, a large wet slough came down. We are now pretty sure that this was a FA, we are saying WI4, 60ft total, 30 ft vertical or slightly overhanging, with lots of exposure!

Looking for a partner for a quick hit on either Scruffy Band or GWI tomorrow AM...

Tombstone in Echo is still really fat. Upper pillar is really fun as well, going up the gully after the upper has a very thing layer of ice, just enough to get a grip with your points.

I am sorry man, but that's not FAT!

perropirana wrote:I am sorry man, but that's not FAT!

Coal of ice still hanging in there.

How are conditions in Provo? Is Stairway still standing? Bridalveil?

Provo canyon is in good shape.

Thinking of heading to UT to meet up w/ buddy who has been out of ice climbing for a few years. The season in NE USA has been not good when I've been free (banner year Dacks and NH last several years though). I am not familiar with UT ice at all; the temp forecast around the last weekend in Feb. seems warm. With pricey flights; I don't want to travel for no ice. Looking for routes to WI4+, basing out of SLC.
Any thoughts on maybe conditions would be much appreciated.

I ice should still be good then. Santaquin, joes, maple and Provo should all be good. Everything is pretty fat right now. So in two weeks unless there is a drastic change you should be good.