Dru Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 I am going to cut and paste this to Adrian Burke because I'm lazy. Lillooet: it's coming in super fast. From conversation with a couple of guides who were there on Tue and Wed, things went from thin to normal/fat in about 4 days Lillooet/Duffy Rd. Honeyman. Wet but will be good in a few days Cherry Ice in Marble Canyon: ice farmed routes have reappeared, about 8 separate climbable ice lines on lower tier Small Creep in Counting Chickens in Three Ring Circus as fat as its been for years Synchro, Serendipity fattening rapidly, Synchro approach gully looking a bit bony Tube in Duffys Delight in Tres Burly pillar in! Carls Berg more like Kronenburg (thin) Deep Throat in Loose Lady In Rambles in Shreddie thin & hanging; Closet Secrets reportedly just ice blobs at present Not in enough yet or at all: Twilight Tiers, Seton weeps, Out of the Vault, Waiting Game, Cut Throat, wet Lady Soo Bluffs: reportedly in Fraser Canyon: Jackass, Kanaka Kolumn, Sailor Bar Gully all in. Superheroes Cirque forming, right hand pillars just touching down, left side very thin Water Music, Under the Big Top very thin Hope area: Mousetrap, Medusa, Carpe Diem Better Mousetrap, all apparently in but lean and or/hollow as of Monday, fattening rapidly. Quote
Dru Posted January 4, 2005 Author Posted January 4, 2005 Oh yeah the scary icicle on the Central Three Sisters that Janez and Don climbed last year, was almost touching down at 8:30 AM, and had fallen down!!!!!! by 2:30 PM Quote
Bogen Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 (edited) We camped out at Marble Canyon fri night, climbed very brittle ice on saturday. Went up Bridge river on Sunday. The gift looks like it is all in. Anyone want to do it with me, any day during this cold snap? Old dogs new picks is in nicely, and looks cool. We hiked up Hell Creek, and climbed there. The approach was interesting, with ice breaking underneath us sometimes despite the cold temps. As I was climbing the falls, I could hear the volume of water under the ice increasing, and the air got warmer till our breath wasn't visible. Sure enough, the ice was even less reliable on the way out - the top of one 5 meter section fell away beneath my boot as I stepped on it to downclimb. We rapped some sections, down-climbed others and escaped without serious incident (other than the runs the next day from drinking out of Hell Creek) Edited January 6, 2005 by Bogen Quote
fern Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 I poked around Squamish today to see what was coming in. It's all still a little scuba, but a couple more days of cold will bring it in. Lots of ice fringing Shannon Falls, good build-up on the bluffs south of Oleson Ck, U-Wall Drool was fatter than I've ever seen it tho, but the rest of the Chief was fairly dry. Quote
Mer Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 I'm in for any midnight bluffs missions you might be planning Quote
Don_Serl Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 ...more from the weekend (Jan 1-3/05): Mount Currie - Xitolacw - Birkenhead Bridge (west end of Duffey Lake road): Price of Admission - in Nocturnal Emission - forming many strands (amazing...) Medicine Man - well iced, but likely the typical Grade 6 Mount Currie north to D'Arcy: [some of the guidebook info was 2nd hand, and many of these route seldom form, so i'll note corrections and/or clarifications in this section route by route] Rusty - a nice strand (W at 4.5km) Roadside Attraction - in well; saw climbers on it (guidebook clarification: E at 7.5km, 500m beyond railroad X-ing) Deception - not in (W at about 9.5km) Candlewax - semi-in, but south facing. (E at 9.8km; above boulder field; on bluff with power pylon) Hollow Quest for Glory - forming (E at 11.3km, just S of Spetch Ck Rec site) Fourskin - in (guidebook placement error: this should have been placed at the very north end of Hindu Flats, on W side opposite N entrance to Spetch Ck road at 12.5km, not 11km) Rocky, Bullwinkle - in Plum - in, but top tier still looks lean Poole View Falls - lotsa ice, but upper tiers still lean White Blotter - main column has touched down; upper tier not yet continuous Whisper Falls - in very cold, outflow blowing. forming fast. cheers, Quote
Sandbag Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 Hi. I've never climbed ice before, but my regular belayer and I want to give it a try. We're looking for a place near Vancouver (Squish to Whistler - ish) to give some TR ice a try. I came across this and was wondering how reliable it might be this season. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated. Quote
Don_Serl Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 Hi. I've never climbed ice before, but my regular belayer and I want to give it a try. We're looking for a place near Vancouver (Squish to Whistler - ish) to give some TR ice a try. I came across this and was wondering how reliable it might be this season. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated. Cal-Chek usually would be in during cold snaps like this, but i don't have any first hand reports - you'll have to go looking. closer to town, by this weekend there ought to be lots of little ice flows around Murrin Park, left of Shannon Falls, and heer and there in the Smore Bluffs. cheers, Quote
Don_Serl Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 Went up Bridge river on Sunday. The gift looks like it is all in. Anyone want to do it with me, any day during this cold snap? Bogen, it may just be the angle of the shot or an object (tree?) blocking the view, but to me it looks like the first pitch is quite a ways from touching down. could you see that it was complete from a different angle of view? cheers, Quote
LYleK Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 For those unfamiliar with the area The Gift (WI5 - 290m) is on the left and The Theft (WI6R, 5.9 - 240m) is the fang on the right. The two smears left of The Theft are unclimbed, to my knowledge (I haven't seen them form before). The Theft looks amazing. And they're all likely to get fatter as this snap continues, woohoo! Quote
Bogen Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 Bogen, it may just be the angle of the shot or an object (tree?) blocking the view, but to me it looks like the first pitch is quite a ways from touching down. could you see that it was complete from a different angle of view? cheers, You wanna go up there with me? Pick a day! Quote
Bogen Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 The Theft isn't quite continuous, but maybe you can get past those bits??? Sorry about image quality. Quote
LYleK Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 The Theft isn't quite continuous, but maybe you can get past those bits??? Sorry about image quality. It's a tough spot to get good pics. According to sources, "Condon and Geisler made an attempt in January 2004, adding 3 bolts to the leaner-than-previously first pitch 'so it's not a death pitch,' and installing 8 bolts on the fourth pitch to reach the incomplete column via bolt ladder/ dry-tooling/ thin ice combination on rotten rock." Maybe in similar conditions now? Quote
Dru Posted January 6, 2005 Author Posted January 6, 2005 got a nice view of "easy intro" today while driving to jobsite, it is fat the two unclimbed waterfalls on mt woodside are both in. easily seen on hwy 7 heading west from agassiz. looks like about an hour's downhill traverse from the logging road for two fat one or two pitch wi 3-4s if anyone is desperate. Quote
Bogen Posted January 6, 2005 Posted January 6, 2005 Sorry, I had screwed with those pictures, now they're back. As you can see, the gift is in. I would like to climb this, but have no experienced partners. I will make time... Quote
fern Posted January 6, 2005 Posted January 6, 2005 I climbed the Mousetrap yesterday. It was all good, all the plunge pools are solid, not too much running water by coast standards. 8+pitches, 1100' vert, no intermediate slogs. Anybody who drives past it this weekend just to join the crowds on Honeyman Falls is a dumbass. Quote
glassgowkiss Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 so anybody can confirm tre's burly is in (before i drive all the way up there) Quote
Dru Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 you could see that the pillar was in on monday but i don't know about the approach. shouldn't you be gunning for the superheroes cirque instead? Quote
glassgowkiss Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 don't have hip waders. now on the other hand what about blue moon on rye? is it in? Quote
Dru Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 You don't need hip waders to get to the Superheroes they are only 100m from the highway. Two 5+s and two 6's. Quote
glassgowkiss Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 don't have the new guide yet- so what is the superheros and where. any info on blue moon on rye? Quote
fern Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 http://www.aranet.ca/icybc/fraser/sailor.html based on what I observed around squamish and just talking out my bum I would be that blue moon on rye is frozen but thin (low water supply) and covered in about a foot of snow now. But that is all speculation. Quote
jja Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Does anyone know if the mile-0 is still open? I can't find a phone number on the web Quote
Don_Serl Posted January 8, 2005 Posted January 8, 2005 now on the other hand what about blue moon on rye? is it in? there appeared to be no ice at all on BMOR when we came thru on monday evening. maybe that'll change now that there's some snow on the slopes and ledges... cheers, Quote
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