Sleeveless Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Any one know or scope the ice conditions on the Lower Coleman for ice bouldering this time O year? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zee Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 probably too early. Best time is late summer or fall when all the new snow is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necronomicon Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 You can always go to the glacier toe and lower into some pretty deep crevasses. The icefall will be a mess for a while yet, but 65' of hard, though brittle, ice is available. Purists will argue that the top-rope effect isn't really climbing, but lowering into a dripping, creaking slash and climbing out vertical and over hanging walls is a great way to get a burn, if you ask me. -Dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coondog Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Sleeveless- Was on lower Coleman ice 'bouldering' & top-roping a few weeks ago before climbing n ridge. 20" of fresh snow in the week we were there, so think you'd want to be roped up. I can email you a couple pictures of the seracs if you want. Â --coondog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 wait till october. on coflax peak there is a very cool 3 pitch ice route. when i did it i thought it was about WI4/5. maybe because it was my first route of the season. 3 full pitches of pretty much vertical ice. it forms from the snow melt, so conditions have to be just right. remember not to go to the snow field @the top. it makes it hard to rap the route and we had to do some scary downclimbing. we used 2 v threads. i must say it was one of the coolest ice climbs i have ever climbed. the views are fantastic! go do it if it's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Kielbasabob, Â I heard about that route from a friend that was on Baker last week. He sounded psyched to try it. However he did not have the gumption as he was inteding on doing another route... Must be a cool one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 i forgot to mention fa by steve house. we thought we did fa but the bastard was faster and scooped it. i wouldn't think it's formed up right now, but i haven't been there, so i just speculate. both fa and ours were done in october Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeveless Posted June 6, 2002 Author Share Posted June 6, 2002 Yup, Sept/Oct is a great time .. looking at different options, and seeing if possible now. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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