Kyle_Flick Posted February 1, 2004 Posted February 1, 2004 Climb: Alpine Lakes-Nada Falls Date of Climb: 1/31/2004 Trip Report: Some friends of ours, Freeman and Dave Jaecks, had put up the first ascent of Nada Falls back in 1979. Curt Haire and I were eager to do a second ascent of the Falls as we'd been hearing that the ice was in since early December. Leaving the trailhead at 4:00 a.m. we snowshoed up the trail in optimum snow conditions, but were slowed by downfall just after passing snowcreek wall. When it was light enough to see, we noticed several beautiful ice routes and moderate climbing potential enroute up the valley. Arriving at Nada Lake around 9:00 a.m., we couldn't miss the climb above the lake. The blue ice of the first pitch looked promising with lots of snow interspersed. While the original party had only ice conditions for two pitches, we spotted a third pitch could be climbed that veered up and right. Hiking up to the base and gearing up finally saw us climbing about 11:00 a.m. There are numerous lines up the climb. We stayed mostly on the left side. The first pitch is about 100'. The second pitch climbed a 10' vertical wall and was only 50'. Staying on the left side, however, required us to scratch across some wet slab to gain the third pitch. So we rapped after the second pitch. If one veers to the right at the start of the second pitch it could be run together into a long 200' pitch. On the return trip back down the valley we again checked out some of the ice flows that show real promise in stable conditions as they are located in broad avalanche chutes. Arrived back at the car at 5:30 p.m. happy and tired. Gear Notes: Take snowshoes;leave the skis at home. Approach Notes: Some downfall on the lower part of the snow lake trail. Expect to take about 5 hours to Nada Lake. Quote
klenke Posted February 1, 2004 Posted February 1, 2004 Been meaning to send you these links. Now seems a good time.... Kyle spanking Goode's NEB Kyle and Co. just spanking it (nice hat, Kyle) Quote
HRoark Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 Is this the falls that comes down out of Temple Canyon? Quote
Freeman Posted February 4, 2004 Posted February 4, 2004 Nice going, Kyle and Curt, probably the second ascent! My recollection from 25 years ago is that it was a lot of effort for not much climbing, but if you want solitude and exercise.... There can be some serious avy exposure on the way in too Quote
erik Posted February 11, 2004 Posted February 11, 2004 no there is no major falls coming out of temple canyon... it is the falls seperating the upper and lower enchantments... nice work! Quote
HRoark Posted February 11, 2004 Posted February 11, 2004 no there is no major falls coming out of temple canyon... This is incorrect. There IS a creek that dumps from Temple Canyon. You keep these falls on your right as you head up into the canyon from Nada Lake. Quote
erik Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 okay...... not much of an ice climb tho now is it? Quote
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