JayB Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Many apologies to those with slow connections. Here's a bunch of pics from the trip this weekend - including some of the ice visible across the river from Highway 1 in the Fraser Valley. CAYOOSH CANYON ICE Synchronicity Carl's Berg Shreddie LILLOOET AREA Honeyman Falls BRIDGE RIVER Jade Falls Old Dogs New Picks. Double Click on the image in the gallery for a much larger image. Michelmoon/Hell Creek Area Ice (?) Scary Looking line somewhere between the Old Dogs New Picks area and the Silk Degrees/Salmon Stakes area. May have been climbed by Polish Bob a few years ago? Silk Degrees Salmon Stakes The Gift (I think). Might be The Theft. The Theft. Might be The Gift. Shriek of the Sheep - I think. Night n' Gale FRASER VALLEY ICE Ice in the vicinity of Sawmill Creek, across the Fraser River Valley from Highway 1, North of Yale. More Sawmill Creek Area Ice Still more Sawmill Creek area ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 scary looking ice in bridge is actually house of cards wi6 in lean shape. its cool how shriek of the sheep top pillars have gone from 10m gap to formed up in a week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Serl Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 jay, good photos for inspiration. u mostly got it right. comments/clarification: *** synchronicity photo: that's synchrotron at left. *** old dogs photo: that's steristrip far left - all ice this year, except for the turf-tooling exit - exciting! *** michelmoon is michelmoon *** the "scary looking" thing is house of cards; FA tom bridge and greg white, dec'96; grade 6, of course. *** the gift and the theft are correctly identified *** ditto shriek cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 house of cards is not the route i climbed in winter of 99/2000. it is more to the left, there is a double crack at the end about 4". the rock is really crap, it's not worth the risk to get onto that one. highly unrecommended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUSTO Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 What's up with Three Ring Circus? Does that rarely form or is it just that no one climbs that thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 I don't think it's really formed at the moment. I looked at it from the road over the weekend and the main curtain hadn't touched down. I don't think I've ever seen it in as fat as the picture in the guide. In fact I don't think I've seen it form up. Don?... "Three Ring Circus; fact, ephemeral or outright myth. Discuss". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 "Three Ring Circus; fact, ephemeral or outright myth. Discuss". I've seen it in a few times, in the late 90s I think. Have never climbed it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYleK Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Hey Ade, I'm not sure why TRC is so ephemeral, it's too bad as the access is so easy. I can only remember it forming one season while I was in Lillooet ('91 to '02). There really isn't any way for the water to get diverted out of the channel, it must go sub somewhere along the way. I've done lots of mtn. biking adjacent to it and the whole hillside appears to be exfoliating (a big creeping landslide), lots of tight horizontal rolls and even some 30cm fractures that I've seen other creeks disappear into. Maybe it's all that logging, the carcasses of spotted owls are clogging up the channel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Wow, those photos are great, but this page is kind of a pain to discuss routes on! Anyway, it was weird...Three Ring Circus looked better before Christmas than it did afterward. Hey, Since we are talking routes in that area, does anyone know about the striking pillar up the hill and across the river past TRC, just before you get to the first bridge (Snychro parking area). It is right about when you crest the hill and start going down. It looks like some WI2 pitches up to a 50ft free hanging pillar that has touched down. Looks sweet! Seems like you could approach allong the river from the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Hey Lambone that pillar you mention is the central of the unclimbed "Three Sisters" gullies. takecrampons for sidehilling frozen dirt if approaching along river. it's about 1km. fucking amazing looking eh! don't think it's touched down all that frequently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Yeah dude, looks sick, a mini Fang. The approach doesn't look too bad. Go send! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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