chrisr

I've always considered Hyalite as "local" since our resources for ice climbing in Washington are so limited. I think this is the best place to post ANY ice climbing TR.

great TR and pics, thanks!

awesome, thanks

Is is open to the parking lot yet? Somehow I doubt it Thanks

Any word???

beautiful!!!

There are overnight parking spots that I've used, and seen many other people use before just off of the Paradise parking lot. With the recent construction I wonder if they're no longer there??

Great pictures. Love all the yellow... Boots, rope, helmet How do you like those Sportivas?

I'd be willing to bet that it's still in great shape. It was kind of a lean year for it but there'd still be plenty to climb. Check out Copper too!

That is much fatter than I thought it would be, nice job.

what grade would you give summer falls Paul? BTW...Ouray was awesome!

Went with Paul and climbed part of a large flow just north of Salt and Pepper. Paul can probably identify the actual climb but it was good ice for the most part. Not too much to climb right now. Lower Trotskys was rotten with exposed rock at the top. Devils and upper trotskys looked great but had HUGE death hazard above. Salt and Pepper had less ice on it than I've seen in the last 5 years. The bottom half of The Cable is just blobs of ice that aren't connected. On a positive note, we were able to make several laps on some good ice that made the trip worthwhile. Children of the Sun was bare at the top. Clockwork Orange had a really thin first pitch but a fat top pitch. Champagne could probably be done if you can climb WI5+/6. Guinness looked pretty good from the road. The other beer climbs were really thin with lots of rock showing. Hope this helps. Paul should be able to give more specifics about the route we were on.

we ran all but aasgard of course and some of the descent where it's too steep. Otherwise we took a short 15 min break at the top of the pass, a few photos along the way and then a 5 min break down at snow lakes. I think by the end of the summer I could do it in about 5.5 hours. Something to shoot for anyway.

when I looked at the glacier last weekend I thought that I would definitely want crampons. Steep blue ice through the middle.

we did this in a day a couple years ago. It was a looong day though. If I remember right, it took about 12 hours. You definitely want an ice axe if there's still snow because the boulders to the left of the snow field look like they'd be quicker but they're loose and scary. Stick to the snow. If you just want a grueling day of great cardio, this is it.