Trip: city of rocks, malad gorge, idaho -
Date: 1/29/2009
Trip Report:We headed out to Idaho to check out Twin Falls ice but it wasn't in. So, we headed out to the city of rocks after we climbed this unknown 2 pitch fall in the Malad Gorge.
The ice wasn't the best but some ice is way better then none. The whole thing was about a foot thick where it was thick and thinner elsewhere, the top was about 5 to 8 feet away from the rock so we lowered in and climbed out through the overhanging ice.
Then we went to the City of rocks to find some of the ice out there since we heard through a friend that it was in "a little", what we found was delicate verglas on lower angle routes, no pro but fun enough to walk a little ways. The first route is called the glass house and the other is unknown. One was about 50 feet long "glasshouse" and goes around the corner and the other about 60 feet tall.
All in all a little bit of ice lots of driving and a bit of scouting for the future. Still fun soloing
Gear Notes:not much, rock pro if needed
Approach Notes:t-shirt
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