kurthicks

I heard that ice was being climbed all of last week at snoqualmie.

There are some in Red Rocks too. I recall some on the Panty Wall in the Calico Hills

any ice beta?

FYI: The road to baker has a large downed tree about 4 miles before the trailhead and numerous trees across the trail.

Not that you asked about idaho, but from my experience there it was not a problem. After our day out (where at least 2 cops drove by), i checked the law and there was nothing about climbing, but as CBS said there are some public nuisance/distraction laws. They could probably cite you for destruction of public property too, i guess. In Washington, people have gotten ticketed for climbing the roadcuts at Stevens Pass.

I'm sure that you could still find some seracs on baker to climb. the snow level was pretty high (above the icefall) until last week.

There is another place that I've used before. It's on the same strip as the Ski Lodge, but is just east and on the south side of Bow Valley Trail. I think it was the Bear Country Inn. I think we paid $40-60/night depending on season. It does have a pretty good free continental breakfast. looks like it got a new name: http://www.thehostelbear.com/

yes. it must be pretty cold and windy. search the forums and see what comes up.

I'd rather see them shooting in a range than blasting at whatever they choose along any (and all) forest roads.

The American Alpine Institute does not offer courses on the DC or Emmons route, only the Kautz. http://www.aai.cc/ProgramDetail/rainier/

any place that lives within the desert ecosystem. chase the sun.

not a route that I know of. from the approach, it looked like it just seeps out of the wall and doesn't connect to the upper snow slopes. I'd be terrified to try to mixed climb on that rock. it might be a fun little (90m?) ice route when it touches down though.

Nice work, Monday was definately the day to get out this week

nice work! You were definately off route on the descent, but it would be kind of tricky in a storm without having done it before. from the summit, you walk south-ish down, then left & down on the crest, then up over a false summit/gendarme on it's right side. Continue down the ridge crest for a while, then drop onto the right side of the ridge (the deming side) via a narrow chute, from there it's easy walking to the saddle.

yea, they've all been climbed and are mostly moderate in difficulty. good easy water ice access early in the winter though. relatedly, the falls on the approach trail is starting to form and might get "in" before the road gets snowed in.

a couple of slots still require a zigzag, but we didn't poke anything on foot. easy enough navigation if you point 'em downhill near your uptrack. variable conditions though, from knee deep powder to crunchy neve-ish stuff.

It was a great day and a superb route indeed! October is an awesome month -- climbing splitters at Index one day and then true water ice two days later! A note to all of the weekend's potential suitors--climbing under another party would surely lead to being struck by party induced icefall, so be cautious. Also, the route is circa 400m, not 600' as reported in Washington Ice. Dylan on the first pitch Following the second pitch Higher on pitch 2 Tackling the second ice pitch (pitch 4) Da summit view Dylan thinking he's still in France. come on man, these things don't work in the Cascades!

will do.

free to non-club members, I assume?

It would be old news if Mark's cam failed at the spot mentioned in the "inspection notice", but it didn't. It failed at the intersection of the gray/gray lobes NOT the gray/yellow lobes. From looking at mine, it appears that the only thing that holds that pin in place is the spring. my guess is that the spring came out of the pin, resulting in the failure. Here's the inspection notice. http://www.omegapac.com/op_climbing_notices.html

or this one! http://www.getoutdoors.com/goblog/index.php?/archives/2148-Madillo-Folding-Helmet-Video.html

2 days or 1?

black peak, perhaps.

those are all good, but i think spokane/Couer D'Alene are good, minus the local culture thing.