Dru Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Ice Climbing Season is over. Give up. Its alpine or rock climbing till next December. And about time too! Quote
salbrecher Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 I'm going to the Columbia Icefields next week for round 2 on Mt Columbia. If the weather is real shit we were planning on coming out early and going ice climbing. Despite what the above post says, will there be any ice still "in" ( i love that term )? Quote
Dru Posted April 7, 2003 Author Posted April 7, 2003 check www.live-the-vision.com for local Rockies info latest postings there have referred to "slush" and "upper pitches are fat blue ice but lower pitches no longer there" and "this route was excellent plastic ice despite the warm rain" Quote
glassgowkiss Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Dru said: Ice Climbing Season is over. Give up. Its alpine or rock climbing till next December. And about time too! December? ice starts usually in october/ november. this year people were swinging tools by first week of october. no crowds, no snow and the roads are open- 20 minutes to whiteman, 1hr to stanley glacier headwall Quote
allthumbs Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Dru said: Ice Climbing Season is over. Give up. Its alpine or rock climbing till next December. And about time too! sounds like sour grapes from a cuberat Quote
salbrecher Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Dru said: check www.live-the-vision.com for local Rockies info latest postings there have referred to "slush" and "upper pitches are fat blue ice but lower pitches no longer there" and "this route was excellent plastic ice despite the warm rain" The link doesn't seem to work. Quote
Bronco Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 looks like Hyalite is still in for you hardcores: http://www.montanaice.com/icecond.php Quote
Dru Posted April 7, 2003 Author Posted April 7, 2003 glassgowkiss said: Dru said: Ice Climbing Season is over. Give up. Its alpine or rock climbing till next December. And about time too! December? ice starts usually in october/ november. this year people were swinging tools by first week of october. no crowds, no snow and the roads are open- 20 minutes to whiteman, 1hr to stanley glacier headwall yes, and if you take a jet to new zealand you can climb Heart of Gold (10 pitches WI5) in June!! Quote
Dru Posted April 7, 2003 Author Posted April 7, 2003 salbrecher said: Dru said: check www.live-the-vision.com for local Rockies info it works for me latest postings there have referred to "slush" and "upper pitches are fat blue ice but lower pitches no longer there" and "this route was excellent plastic ice despite the warm rain" The link doesn't seem to work. Quote
Alex Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Bronco said: looks like Hyalite is still in for you hardcores: http://www.montanaice.com/icecond.php Actually, there's still water ice in the Cascades and Olympics. This last week of cold weather seemed to help keep stuff around a while longer. Alex Quote
Bronco Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 (edited) Hey Alex, how 'bout spillin the beans on where one could find some "reliable" WI around here currently. What do you know of? Edited April 7, 2003 by Bronco Quote
Dru Posted April 8, 2003 Author Posted April 8, 2003 alpine ice is alpine climbing not ice climbing duh! Quote
Bronco Posted April 8, 2003 Posted April 8, 2003 Yeah, he says "water ice" not alpine ice. I wonder if Drury Falls came back "in". Quote
Alex Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 no, not Drury. The East side has been warmer than the West side of the crest for weeks now. I sent you an email. Alex Quote
Bronco Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 I was kiddin about Drury, I scoped it from HWY 2 as we drove by it recently. Thanks for the info, hopefully I'll get to use it before it warms up. Quote
glassgowkiss Posted April 11, 2003 Posted April 11, 2003 yes, and if you take a jet to new zealand you can climb Heart of Gold (10 pitches WI5) in June!! slipstream is climbable in june (some years). these pics from asteroid alley- june 2- don't have to jet to new zeland. my comment was there is usually more ice early in the season in the rockies, since the climbs don't form from melt freeze, but from water sources pouring out of the rock. yes, there is a few climbs forming later on (like see your neighbors), but most of them- if they don't form by mid november, they don't form at all. Quote
Dru Posted April 11, 2003 Author Posted April 11, 2003 glassgowkiss said: yes, and if you take a jet to new zealand you can climb Heart of Gold (10 pitches WI5) in June!! slipstream is climbable in june (some years). these pics from asteroid alley- june 2- don't have to jet to new zeland. my comment was there is usually more ice early in the season in the rockies, since the climbs don't form from melt freeze, but from water sources pouring out of the rock. yes, there is a few climbs forming later on (like see your neighbors), but most of them- if they don't form by mid november, they don't form at all. field dont come in till december though... i mean you can line up with 20 others to do R&D on Halloween but why bother when its probably sunny and warm in Squamish then. Quote
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