Dru Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 The highways suck through the Fraser Valley right now. If you are hoping to go ice climbing, you'll have better luck getting to your ice climbs with a Taun Taun than with an SUV. Quote
dberdinka Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Are there any good BC websites for road conditions? Â I-5 through Bellingham was slow and icy. Supposedly it's a lot worse further north in the county. Semis jack-knifed, cars in the ditch etc. Quote
Bogen Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 (edited) Maybe the other way is better... link LAST UPDATED: Fri Jan 07 AT 10:03 AM 2005 Hwy 99 Current conditions for Hwy 99 the Sea to Sky Hwy and Hwy 101 the Sunshine Coast Hwy at 1003 Friday January 7th. The next UPDATE will be reported as road conditions change. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ©2005 BC Ministry of Transportation's, Provincial Highway Conditions Centre. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HWY 99: SEA TO SKY HWY: *HORSESHOE BAY TO SQUAMISH: Bare with slushy and slippery sections Horseshoe Bay to Porteau Cove.  5 minute delays between Sunset Beach and Lions Bay 5-12 km north of Horseshoe Bay through February 2005 for construction. Construction speed zone is in effect. Traffic fines double in work zones.  15 minute delays between Sunset Beach and Lions Bay 5-12 km north of Horseshoe Bay 0300 to 0500 Mon Jan 10th and 2300 to 0500 Mon-Fri Jan 10th-14th ending at 0500 Jan 14th for highway construction.  SQUAMISH TO WHISTLER: Bare. 5 minute delays between Culliton Creek Bridge and Daisy Lake 20-35 km north of Squamish through February 2005 for construction.  *WHISTLER TO PEMBERTON: Bare. Minor delays between Soo Pit and Rutherford Power House 8-14 km south of Pemberton 0800 to 1600 through Feb 28th 2005 for trucks hauling rock.  PEMBERTON (DUFFEY LAKE ROAD) LILLOOET TO THE JCT OF HWY 97N: Limited visibility due to blowing snow Highway 97N Junction area. Bare with compact snow and slippery sections.  ROAD 40: LILLOOET TO GOLD BRIDGE: Compact snow and slippery sections. Edited January 7, 2005 by Bogen Quote
Dru Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 Stemalot ditched his Jeep getting out here and the fallback partner decided to bail after driving merely to the end of his driveway. We have 6" of freshiez, icy roads and lots of blowing snow with car-eating drifts. Quote
Bogen Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Stemalot ditched his Jeep getting out here and the fallback partner decided to bail after driving merely to the end of his driveway. We have 6" of freshiez, icy roads and lots of blowing snow with car-eating drifts. Â yikes! Did you ski to the grocery store? Quote
Dru Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 I skiied to the grocery store last night. But I do have to go out today to mail a cheque. Maybe I can post a TR in the freshiezone! Quote
jja Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Beware dire warnings from the spraylord !! Remember this false alarm? http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/303880/an/0/page/8#303880 Quote
Alex Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 he's just trying to keep the FA stash for hisself, kinda like all of us would do Quote
Bogen Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 HWY 1: TRANS CANADA HWY: HORSESHOE BAY, VANCOUVER TO ALDERGROVE: Limited visibility due to blowing snow Aldergrove east. Bare with compact snow and slippery sections. Slushy sections Horseshoe Bay to Taylor Way. Â No, I think he's trying to keep you out of the ditch. Although highwaycams show the visisbility isn't toooo bad! Â Should I throw on the chains and go pull stemalot's jeep out? Quote
Dru Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 Stemalot is out of the ditch and headed home It has cleared up a lot in the last hour Might get to go soloing over at Trojan Horse on Harrison Lake if it continues to improve Quote
Bogen Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Home?!?! Soloing?!?!?!?!? Let's go do the Gift! THE GIFT!!! I'll drive. My tires suck, but if we get stuck I'll pull you on a toboggan if you'll come and climb the bloody thing with me!! Quote
Dru Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 I'm not gonna go to Lillooet this weekend, the ice is so good in the Fraser Valley. Quote
Bogen Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Yeah, actually I had plans to go up to squamish area on a notion tomorrow. Unless someone wants to do THE GIFT!!! Am I sounding obsessed yet? Â By the way, what's Bridal falls like for climbing? Ever been in there? Quote
glassgowkiss Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 it's more like winter's salty breath.... wtf are the snow plows? and fucking drivers in b-ham, why in the hell did they buy theiir friggin suv's since they can't drive them anyway. a bunch of clownpunchers if you ask me Quote
Dru Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 Hey Bobhere is a really shitty ice topo for the Superheroes Cirque. Sorry about photo quality my camera lens was frozen up. This is looking south as you approach Sailor Bar tunnel on Highway 1. Â Left to right: Kryptonite Column direct WI6 3pitches Kryptonite Column WI6 The Riddler WI5 Mr Freeze WI6 Quote
Dru Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 And just about 2km south of the Sailor Bar area the Water Music area is found above the road at a prominent bend. Water Music and Under The Big Top are 3 pitch wi5s. In this photo Water Music is visible at left. Under The Big Top cuts up a hidden gully to finish under the huge roof at right. Note for bob the potential continuation out the roof and up the ice above is unclimbed. Quote
Dru Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 Both WM and Under The Big Top were thin on Monday afternoonm and probably fat now. Mr Freeze was the thickest looking line at Superheroes on Monday. Quote
Stemalot Posted January 8, 2005 Posted January 8, 2005 yes...I skid into a ditch today just out side of Abbostford. Highway condition was kinda like the ice rink Icefield Parkway I drove a week ago! I was changing lanes and hit a icy spot with lots of slushy. Did a 180 and ended up on the left side of the highway with passenger side in a deep ditch and high centred the entire vehicle. Got a tow truck out in 45 min (surprisingly fast considering how many accidents were out there) and cost me $160 for a 3 min. tow job. Jeep sustained minimal damage...cracked front bumper and the rear bumper along with attaching panel was pushed in a bit. No visible scratches! Â I continued to drive to Dru's house and there were no other incidents. We decided that neither of us want to drive, so I made a detour to Harrison Lake area on the way home and found lots of ice forming on the side of the road but some sections have more water then ice. You can climb it if you want, but the wind was blowing REALLY hard! Because it was gushing water pretty good, I didn't proceed any further than just the road side climbs. Â It was a shitty day to be out driving for sure...and an expensive one at that. Quote
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