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Bring on the snow!

Anybody know the status of Cloud Cap Road?

Timberline is okay if you are a novice skier who stays away from steeps. Meadows isn't that great but provides a little more room to stretch the legs and hit steeper shit.

Doesn't look like these people exist

Bring on the winter

Oh yeah? Doing the actual North Face this time?

Very, very sweet. Congrats.

I screwed up the 1st pitch when I was there as well. And your picture doesn't make it look any more straightforward. We made it to exactly where you did, all with clean aid - HB offsets and a shitton of aliens being key. That 5th pitch does look intimidating - but 5.11 and A1 huh? Seems unlikely but shit, that'd be burly. Cool pics, story - I need to get back up there.

Excellent, thanks for the update

Sweet pics!

What's the word on the road? Probably open by now right?

Trinity Alps are beautiful and were fun before I was really a climber. Haven't been there in a while but I would think there would be a lot of scrambling and snow climbs - the place probably has a ton of snow right now.

1. What routes do people usually descend on the north side if doing a route like liberty or ptarmigan ridge if approaching from carbon river road (i.e. when white river is closed assuming car shuttles are out and cannot be afforded anyway with gas prices so high anyway)? 2. What's up with gas prices anyway? Would prefer answers to question 1, but if you have a particularly witty answer to #2 bring it on.

Except for the Timmy O'Neal segment and the brief base jump from the smokestack, Front Range Freaks was boring as all hell. A "climber" who does nothing but dynos? Please. But this new video does look very, very good.

No . . . but there is.

I hate them. As they are marketed, a warm ice climbing boot, they suck. Being a plastic boot the liner frequently slides up in the heel and feels insecure on vertical ice. It is difficult if not impossible to crank down the laces tight enough to secure your ankle/heel. For moderate glacier slogs and multiday outings they offer the advantages of a plastic boot (dry/warm liner in bag at night) at a relatively light weight. However, for steep ice get a modern leather boot (Nepal Extreme or Scarpa Cumbre are warm, Trango Ice are more precise but I would think sacrifice a significant amount of warmth); it will be warm enough unless you get stuck on Howse Peak in the dead of winter . Even without the thermo liner, I cannot think of a time my feet have been excrusiating cold or numb - would be fine for Canadian ice if you like the feeling of your boot sliding off.

Any ideas as to what is good around there right now? Thinking something like stuart glacier couloir, ice cliff or TC on dragontail.

True that bg, sounds like a plan

Meh, skiing sucks anyway.

Thanks a ton guys. Looks awesome. Any suggestions for classic routes? The ribbon looks pretty badass as does stairway to heaven in silverton.

Sounds epic , too bad about the milkshake and blowjob though

Wondering if anyone has any first hand beta on how the ice should hold up for the next couple of weeks? Been checking the web sources but updates are old. Weather looks cold just looking for any info before making the trip. Thanks.

Thinking about heading over to Utah or Colorado and maybe skiing along the way. Just wondering what the best bet would be for snow conditions/terrain at a resort in the area. If it's only groomers it's not worth it for me. Would it be worth it to drag the skis along?

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Last weekend it was gated at it's start and Tilly Jane was a skating rink with no snow anywhere else. Elliot Glacier was cool though.