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Wildcat Road might still be under a few feet of snow higher up, and if not, will certainly be very spongy/soft. Be prepared. Anecdote: A couple of years ago I was up there by myself in March and had to lever a bunch of boulders off the road and over the edge. Bring Hercules. The Cave, Oasis, and Windy Point will be drier and warmer, as they are at lower altitude.

Martin, Drive up the road another mile or so and climb at Moon Rocks.

WOW! Now that is nostalgia-fest-worthy if anything ever was! Wow!

If they don't nest, they usually open up around mid-April. If they nest, the closure continues until they fledge, usually by July. Bruce at the Wildlife Station told me that they are currently watching several pairs flying around the area. With that many pairs about, it is likely that there will be at least one nesting pair this year, so be thinking about doing your climbing further upriver.

Fucker. Hey, you think Rolf would want to buy my old 'birds now?

Classic!

Like cappellini sez, they wrote books. Verrrrrrrry old skewl... Interesting that you mention Lowe's book. It was his book, and Chouinard's Climbing Ice that got me started. I still have them both. It's a nostalgia-fest for me to go back and look at their classic gear. Pterodactyls and Hummingbirds. Shit, I still have my original pair of 'birds hanging in the garage!

Like NYC007 sez, find this book: Chimney Rock and the stuff up the Pack River Road will take care of your needs for quite a while. Lucky...

Have you checked out the ice in the Yakima Canyon at about MP 11 or so? Park at the pullout by the DOE's river gauge cable crossing, walk downstream about 50 meters, and look up towards the top of Mt. Baldy. It falls down in at least three large tiers at about the half-way mark on the peak. There is also some shitty ice lower down that you could probably use to access the better stuff higher up. When I saw it last week, I was on travel to a meeting in E-burg, so I couldn't get on it. It still looked pretty fat, but the stuff near the road had a lot of air in it. It faces west, and it's been dreary in Yakivegas for a while now, so someone go get it before it's gone. There was also several other sections in the stretch between MP 11 to MP 17 (the Umptanum TH), and years ago I climbed some ice up the Umptanum where CBS just visited. I think I went in a little further (a few more draws - mebbe a half-mile?) than CBS did last week. It's a pretty obvious-looking draw to find ice in, and it was a banner year back then.

Yes. Windheads can be seen quite often in the late winter and early spring launching off the top of Mt. Baldy about 5 or 6 miles downstream of the Umptanum trailhead. There is a rough "trail" that takes off the canyon road at about MP 12 or so, but I understand (although I don't know how to get to it) there is a telecommunications access road that goes all the way to the tower on top of the mountain that comes up from the east. Get a quad map and check it out.

I've been informed that the raptor closure is already in effect. It began February 1. However, it only applies to the three lowest climbing areas: Tim's Pond Wall (which no one ever does anyway), Royal Columns, and The Bend. Anything further up the road towards White Pass is still open. That would include Moon Rocks, Windy Point, Oasis, The Cave, etc. Cross-posted to Access Issues and Central/Eastern Washington forums.

I've been informed that the raptor closure is already in effect. It began February 1. However, it only applies to the three lowest climbing areas: Tim's Pond Wall (which no one ever does anyway), Royal Columns, and The Bend. Anything further up the road towards White Pass is still open. That would include Moon Rocks, Windy Point, Oasis, The Cave, etc.

I've been informed that the raptor closure is already in effect. It began February 1. However, it only applies to the three lowest climbing areas: Tim's Pond Wall (which no one ever does anyway), Royal Columns, and The Bend. Anything further up the road towards White Pass is still open. That would include Moon Rocks, Windy Point, Oasis, The Cave, etc. Cross-posted to Access Issues and Rock Climbing forums. NYC007, I couldn't update my PM to you because you're "over the limit for receiving private messages". Clean out your inbox!

carolyn, From your PM, Latte sounds like she has many of the classic symptoms of CRF. Call me ASAP. Check your PMs for contact info. I cannot subscribe to this vet's "call" that it's time to have Latte pts. Let's talk. Paul

Sure, I'd love to help. They can stay at my house.

sshhhhhhhh...

I thought it was your favorite color...

Thanks, Jake.

:lmao:

JG: Thanks for the info. I'll see if I can look it up sometime. WC: Nice screen capture pic. BB: You just don't want us kickin' around your backyard, huh?

Exactly!

Are there any technical routes on Roman Nose? I love the rock quality of Harrison Peak, and was wondering what it's like on RN. I know, I know, these aren't the droids you're looking for. Move along... move along.

Best TR I've read on this board in an eternity - extremely moving. I cannot really appreciate the feelings you must be processing right about now. I wish peace for you for your time at the crash site.

Yah! Those boulders have nasty, big, pointy teeth! And a viscious streak a mile wide! very dangerous rodent