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Black Diamond Snow Shovel $39 A nice light snow shovel. Your ice axe shaft can be used in place of the shovel shaft to save weight.

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Anybody know if the Millenium Wall area (near the snow creek wall in leavenworth) has climbable ice?

Good job! Wish I was there... can you post a few pics

By the way, did you get a look a Horsetail Falls? Is it in climbable shape?

I'm open as to the destination but have a number of idea's.

Hey, You got any photos, I'd love to see them.

I can't answer if it's been climbed but I'm interested in more detail. Exactly where is it? Is is on the north slope somewhere or is it on the castles north face proper? How hard does it look? Any guess on WI rating? How close did you get to it?

Sounds sweet! Thanks for reporting.

Sweet climbs Dru! Lots of pitches... you gotta love it!

quote: Originally posted by PDXClimber: ...We saw some amazing looking ice from Narada bridge (steep, likely 2-pitches) and another longer narrower smear from about a mile further down the road. Looked good for somebody who was solid on WI5... Sounds like you had some real nice snow! Thanks for sharing your ice siting. Can you be more specific about the location? I'm not sure where Narada bridge is? And in which direction and how far?

Went skiing and ice climbing with Marla at Lake Julius this weekend. Was there last weekend but didn't get to do everything, so we went back. See a few photos below. For a full trip report and photos click on the link below... Lake Julius Ice, Part 2 - March 10th, 2002

Sweet! Where is it?

Sweet climbing guys! Also very nice web site... I checked out both of your reports... very nice. Are you keeping the location of "the area" secret?

quote: Originally posted by slothrop: Awesome photos! Looks like you all had a fine time. Is the approach reasonable to do just with skis? The price for the snowmobile shuttle seems a little steep ($45 each!). Hey Thanks slothrop! We did enjoy it. Yes, we skied from high camp to the ice... it's a couple of miles... basically just a traverse... maybe 500 feet gain and loss on the approach. Ya, $45 dollars is a bit steep but the way I look at is that it's cheap considering the time and effort it would to walk/ski the 12 miles to high camp... more time in the high country.

quote: Originally posted by vegetablebelay: Another awesome job Jstreet! You Ropegun you!! Hey Thanks vegetablebelay! I'm hatching some new ice climbing plans right now... any interest in joining us... I'd love to climb with you again...

Two of us cc.com'ers -- myself and sayjay -- headed out to try climbing the Lake Julius ice that sayjay had sited a few weeks earlier (and reported about on CC). We did two routes and there are one or two others worth doing that we didn't get to. Below are a few pics of the climbs we did. A full trip report and photo collection is viewable at... Lake Julius Ice - March 2nd, 2002 Cheers,Jeff & Sarah

Ya, I've got alot of axes, no two of which are alike... and I always have to lend a pair to my poor buddy Matt.

This climb is right next to the ski slope. We took the lift up and skied down a couple of hundred yards to the climb.

From the guy who wore his harness and slings to breakfast... here are a few photos from that weekend in BC... Vegetablebelay leading "Oregon Jack"... Jstreet (that's me) leading on "Night'n'gale"... Brooks leading the first pitch of "Icy BC"...

Myself, Sara, and David went to the alpental ski area ice on Sunday and found that it had survived the two days of warmth and rain... sustaining only minor damage. We lead a few routes and top roped some others. Here are some photos...

A few more photos...

Matt Dickman and I skied up Strobach mtn on Saturday. We initially went to the concentration of climbs reported by Jason D. Martin in "Ice Climbing in Washington State" (online on CC). There were at least 6 tantalizing ice routes to the right of the “The Septum” (large gulley). And 2 or 3 routes to the left. All were somewhat thin and loose due to the 2 days of very warm and rainy weather prior to saturday, and temperatures where still above freezing. We witnessed some ice and rock fall so we passes on these routes and moved on... we traversed a mile or so to the west along the base of strobach scarp to another concentration of climbs. The most notable one is a nearly dead vertical pillar, maybe 100 to 150 feet high (WI 5?), followed a couple of shorter more moderate ice pitches and steep snow. After a bit of scouting we found 2 short single pitch routes to climb that we felt were safe. See attached photos...

Did you climb it? What do you think it is rated?

Has anyone been up to the Strobach mtn ice climbs lately and willing to report on the conditions.