Bangedup

I climbed ‘Tangled Up Blue’ yesterday along with some routes in the schoolroom. The ice is in beautiful shape. The last two days have been cold, with highs in the low 30’s and lows around 10. Any ice that is shaded is great, probably the best all year. The down side is that any route that gets sun is rotting out or already gone. Ultimately it is the sun, not the temps that will destroy the ice. If you are coming to the park to TR stuff you should have a blast. The lead stuff is getting more interesting but still doable. The area below the lower bridge is the only area that I would not climb in, it is pretty melted out. The Five Fingers are in good shape along with the Schoolroom, New Funteer and South Park. The locals are saying that the ice should stick around until the end of March, beyond that, the sun starts baking the tops out on all the routes. If you do come out, bring rock shoes. The perfect day is to climb ice in the morning and south facing rock in the afternoon. *the attached photo was taken last week*

Silverton is marketing themselves as an alternative to Cat-skiing, selling untouched powder as their resource. The fact is that they don’t have much terrain to offer and the shit gets tracked up fast. The guide would lay the first track and the rest of our group of six had to ski in the 20 feet of “freshies” left of his track. We didn’t have the experience that we were hoping for. I’ve also been unhappy skiing at piste areas at times, but atleast you have the choice to ski where you want and if you stick to the trees you can usually find some fresh. Sorry to bitch but I just think Silverton is not all that… I would love to here from someone who had a good experience there but I’m afraid that they are hard to find.

I skied there last year and was not impressed. The powder was all tracked out and the trees had tons of deadfall. For $120 we got four runs, which, I understand to be the average day. In retrospect I would have saved my money and skinned up Red Mountain

After reading your post several times, I still have no idea what you’re talking about. Please explain your theory and how you define tork.