bedellympian Posted October 13, 2023 Posted October 13, 2023 There is snow on the ground at 5k'. Let the games begin! 1 4 Quote
mitchell Posted October 24, 2023 Posted October 24, 2023 Yes! That’s exciting. Suppose to snow more this week. Quote
fran_sanity Posted October 27, 2023 Posted October 27, 2023 I went up to heliotrope yesterday and had little luck finding any well formed ice flows. Probably a couple more days for things to form up nicely. Here are a couple of photos. On the right side of second photo you can see a relatively well formed flow. Quote
Kameron Posted November 4, 2023 Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) I was up thereabouts a week ago skiing on rocks and the ice on the Polish route on Colfax looked decent. Crappy pic but best I could get Edited November 4, 2023 by Kameron 1 Quote
OlympicMtnBoy Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 Three Fingers from Squire Creek last weekend! Who knows what it looks like now. 3 Quote
JasonG Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 Running with water, most likely. 40s last night over WA pass. 1 Quote
AlexC192 Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Well it looks like we might actually get ice soon so that's exciting. I was thinking about getting up into hwy 20 on Sunday or maybe Leavenworth does anyone know how drury is looking? Quote
montypiton Posted January 11 Posted January 11 clouds parted enough today to look (january 10) - Drury is disconnected blobs of ice, Pencil appears to have formed and fallen; little-to-no ice visible on any of the usual prospects in either Icicle or Tumwater Canyon. If temps drop as forecast, I'm hoping to see improvement by weekend. 1 Quote
Travis7s Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Any one knows how banks is looking? It's cold enough, but may it have had time to form enough. Quote
KingsMM Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Columbia Gorge Ice! Post your photos! Mist Falls 1/14/2024 Left a V thread and backup screw 80-90' up. Use at your own risk. Likely will be under a bunch of ice tomorrow. Have fun, be safe! -Kip 5 Quote
mtnmanpdx Posted January 15 Posted January 15 33 minutes ago, KingsMM said: Columbia Gorge Ice! Post your photos! Mist Falls 1/14/2024 Left a V thread and backup screw 80-90' up. Use at your own risk. Likely will be under a bunch of ice tomorrow. Have fun, be safe! -Kip Saw your car at the bottom on our way further east. I see you got the obligatory ice armor from climbing up there. 1 Quote
mtnmanpdx Posted January 15 Posted January 15 A little bouldering. Should be better in a couple of days. 2 Quote
KingsMM Posted January 15 Posted January 15 (edited) Where is that? Edited January 15 by KingsMM Error Quote
KingsMM Posted January 15 Posted January 15 40 minutes ago, mtnmanpdx said: A little bouldering. Should be better in a couple of days. Cool! Where is that? Name? Quote
Joe_Poulton Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Anyone been up to Wapiti/Coe falls area on the North side of Hood? Quote
KingsMM Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Bent Screw in the Gorge is in! Many other lines will be great tomorrow... 2 Quote
manninjo Posted January 16 Posted January 16 (edited) Mt. Washington / Amazonia ice came in the last few days. Last time I climbed these was December 2016. Today and tomorrow probably the last days they are in. CYA on the Iron Horse did not come in that fat this cycle. Mt. Washington above the parking lot lower flow Mt. Washington above the parking lot upper flows - didn't really form completely, very wet Amazonia ice main flow Scottish gulley thing left of main flow Edited January 16 by manninjo added captions 3 Quote
olyclimber Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Heck even the waterfall at the Quilceda Casino/outlet mall looked in on Sunday. Sorry no pics. Quote
Kyle M Posted January 17 Posted January 17 Dirty Harry's was great today! Fat, protectable, great sticks. This climb is just east of Dirty Harry's Balcony. It is south facing about 1000 ft above I90 and is visible briefly from the freeway. After hiking to the balcony, we bushwhacked down the drainage that creates this climb and rapped in. Climb is probably 70-80m long total, mostly WI2-3. It is moderately high volume. Even the forest had fat ice on the way in! 2 Quote
Kayleighm Posted January 17 Posted January 17 Spotted a climb north of US 2 in Merritt the other day. Went to check it out today and a good chunk of the upper section looked airy and like it would be hard to get in good pro. Seeing as none of the group has had a day swinging tools this season we decided to save it for another day (if the PNW ice gods allow). Does anybody know what route this is? Looked around MP and such as well as the Washington Ice guidebook. Washington Ice had two climbs in the Merritt section but this one doesn't quite match up to either. Kicking myself a little bit because I feel like I could have led it BUT always erring on the side of caution with ice. Hopefully it sticks around long enough and solidifies! Thanks for any info =] Quote
Kyle M Posted January 17 Posted January 17 @Kayleighm AKA "Climber Kayleigh" if those climbs are in, check out the Whitepine Ice (north facing above Whitepine Road) or maybe even Alpine Dropout near Lake Wenatchee. There are some other north facing climbs on Nason Ridge in the WA Ice Guidebook. Probably lots of good stuff in that area right now! Quote
Kayleighm Posted January 18 Posted January 18 5 hours ago, Kyle M said: @Kayleighm AKA "Climber Kayleigh" if those climbs are in, check out the Whitepine Ice (north facing above Whitepine Road) or maybe even Alpine Dropout near Lake Wenatchee. There are some other north facing climbs on Nason Ridge in the WA Ice Guidebook. Probably lots of good stuff in that area right now! So glad the moniker is sticking lmao. My bf and I drove out White Pine Rd a few days ago after skiing and didn't see anything in but we didn't hike up to look at the main wall. Alpine Dropout looks awesome! Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to get some TR laps in first so I remember how to climb! 1 Quote
OlympicMtnBoy Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Off topic but not, who is going to the Lillooet Ice Fest next weekend? And anyone been up there recently? I haven’t been up there for like a decade at least. Quote
Kyle M Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Franklin Falls was good today. Probably on its way out though with the warmth coming. 1 Quote
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