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Any updates on Frenchman Coulee ice? I'm heading to Yakima this coming weekend and have never been out there ice climbing.

Headed to Mist falls this morning but there were 6 cars at the pullout. Skipped that spot. Sheperds Dell was pretty thin. Decided to head farther east to Starvation Creek. Falls were in. Ice was a mix of slightly wet and some was brittle. Still fantastic climbing! Drove around to Cape Horn. Spoke to a gent who came down from the two flows above the grate. Both were in. Get out there while you can!

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Anyone been out to chinook pass lately?

Anyone been out to Banks?

Climbed on Chinook pass yesterday and today at Practice Wall then Horse Tail Falls. Conditions were good but it started to rain at noon today. Unless it gets pretty cold tonight I bet Horse Tail will be out. Practice Wall and two climbs on the Great Wall look really good.

I spoke with a climber in Yakima last Thursday who said none of that stuff was in. Cold enough but not enough H2O.

If I had a snowmobile I think I would be trying to get back into Strobach Mtn. If its in.

Where are you going? I-84 closed and Highway 14 closed. I'm about ready to run the hose off the side of the house.

Want to say hey to all the fellow ice climbers I saw today at Cape Horn. Nice to meet you all.

Anyone been at Cape Horn in the last couple of days? Above the highway?

I am going to be in the area and though my girlfriend and I would stop at umptanum and run some laps on the drip accross from the main flow. Two years ago that was pretty fat with some mixed on the right side that was fun. Looks like temps will be cold for the next couple of days. Wondering if anyone knows if this is growing or not?

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Went to Umptanum Falls on Christmas Eve. Although the main falls were out there was a line opposite the main falls that was in. I would say the left side was a WI3 and the right was a WI4/m4 mixed line. The line was only 30 ft or so but very fun. Well worth the hike. Pic's to follow.

Went to Cape Horn today. Climbed above the highway. Parked on the left past the Cape Horn sign. We climbed what seemed to be the left most falls. According the Tim Olsen and WA Ice this would be Hanging Curtin but we did go up a gully to get to this climb which makes me think it must be Phantom Gully. After the first 80 or so feet there is another set of falls higher up. We only did the first falls. Anyway there are several possibilites here and well worth the drive. The approach sucked. Although close to the road it is quite a steep scramble to get there. We also saw a small curtain on the right most side that has an easy approach. We may try that tomorrow. I will post pic's later. Now its nappy time.

Thanks for the update. Hopefully it stays and gets better. I am looking to getting out there over Christmas break.

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Ice climbing by headlamp under a full moon. 'nuff said http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=15429&sort=1&cat=505&page=1

I was out at Paulina falls last year and the temps at La Pine were in the upper teens. When we got to the parking lot to ski into the falls we were in the middle of an inversion. The temp was 37 degrees and it was raining. The ice was very sparse. There is a climbing shop in Bend, I forget the name, maybe Summit or something like that, but I know there are some ice whakers there who might be in the know.

Any updates on Frenchman Coulee???

Went to run some laps this morning at Benson. We got there at 8am and although there was a lot of ice the temperature was warm. There was no wind so you could stay out of the waterfall spray. In fact it was so nice out I climbed in a tank top and a ice climbing thong. It was a soft shell thong, of course. By about 10am the shit was coming down pretty hard on either side of us. We had to duck some baseball size ice coming down on top of us. We got some laps in but it needs to get a little colder to keep the large shit from coming down on top of you.

I have spent the night in the truck at Steamboat Rock. The low was 5 degrees. I had to scrape ice off the inside of the windows before we could go. The next night was suppose to be 5 below. We opted for the little motel just south of Banks in Coulee City. This is the one near the gas station on the main route. It was the best $50 (not so cheap) I have spent. It was warm. We could dry out. Also the gas station has a grill for hot, greasy food. Just what you need at the end of a day on the ice.

How's the approach for Strobach? From the pic's it looks like you can hike in. Did you need any snowshoes or ski's?

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