Earliest Water Ice you've climbed in the PNW?

[Jens]

What's the earliest waterfall ice you've ever climbed in OR, WA, or BC that wasn't in the mountains? (You don't have to remember the year). I remember TR'ing ice in October at the Mount Baker ski area.

[Dru]

I don't understand how you say "Not in the mountains" and then mention stuff at Mount Baker?

[Alex]

Nov 3rd at Banks Lake, I think it was only 2 years ago. Early Nov leading ice some other years too, "not in the mountains".

[kurthicks]

Turkey Day 2003 in the Hurricane Creek drainage in the Wallowas. kind of in the mountains, but not really.

[Farrgo]

All the good ice i've done in PNW has been in the mountains. But saying that, I've climbed a bunch of sweet flows coming off Heliotrope Ridge three years ago. The waterfalls on the trail were all frozen as well. There is quite a bit of fall water ice around bellingham, but its all in the mountains.

[counterfeitfake]

What does not in the mountains mean? I think I remember stepping on an ice cube in my kitchen back in June.

[NYC007]

in spokane 03 thanksgiving was nice but there was somewhere else last year...

[Dru]

I remember, a few years ago, Garry Brace climbed Icy BC on Halloween....

[Mr._Natural]

I've climbed a bunch of sweet flows coming off Heliotrope Ridge three years ago. The waterfalls on the trail were all frozen as well.

Fond memories of a Fall day alone in the mountains.

[Alex]

What does not in the mountains mean?

 

I interpretted this as meaning water ice that wasnt on an alpine climb, such as NW Couloir on Eldo or Mt Hood, that wasnt "too high up there" like the high ice in Mt Rainier Park and elsewhere, and that was within reasonable daytrip access from the road. So things like Alpental Falls, Hubba Hubba, Banks Lake, Vantage, etc are "not in the mountains", while things like E Couloir on Cutthroat, TripleCs, that stuff on Cooper Spur are.

[Dru]

 

So does this count, or not?

[chuckie]

Thanksgiving in Hyalite Canyon, which is kind of in the mountains and kind of in the NW.

[layton]

I did a 2000' WI3 "somewhere" in the PNW in october once.