bruin16

I was out early the day the second gentleman died...in fact he may have passed me on a mountain bike with his dog on the way up the road? Anyway, I was scouting out the Big-4 Dry Creek Route. It was VERY slippery ice conditions...ice axe was essential, but SO WERE CRAMPONS. In steep, icy conditions, the ice axe does little good if you can't get a decent foothold.