ketch Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Wa pass is Jammin. I spent a couple Blue Bird days last week. Drove around and was supposed to meet up with partners on Thurs no show but it was a long drive and I have the days off I'm goin anyway. That was all good until my old school twist lock polls failed in a mostly down position. OK it was a gorgeous day and skinning up a sled packed hill with semi matched canes is not that bad. So as to the pass, I set up a camp at the picnic area. I found about 40" of snow on the ground and temps in the single digits to mid 20's. From here I did some looking around. Was up to the notch at Liberty bell and goofed around examineing routes on SEWS and Liberty Bell. I drooled over where I would be if I had a partner on this trip. I'm pretty stoked about a mixed climb on the Becky route right now. Temps are behaving and so the ice is coming real nice. I had to leave saturday mid morning as I had to be back at a job sunday morning. The ski down was good but all the weekend sled heads reminded me that I was approaching civilization. Levanworth reminded me of the value of mellow CD's until starting up the valley. Just outside town I saw a canoe out crossing the water using Ice tools and all was fun in the universe again. I figure that was likley a fellow cc.comer. So I may not try with the same partner again but it was a sweet weekend and I'd be willing to chat with other partners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurthicks Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Just outside town I saw a canoe out crossing the water using Ice tools and all was fun in the universe again. I figure that was likley a fellow cc.comer. That was MCash and his partner. They bailed shortly thereafter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Ketch: did you see any ice? Any of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketch Posted December 13, 2005 Author Share Posted December 13, 2005 Ice is in or coming quick. On the north side there is a couple routes. On the west side from just above the hairpin following a gulley up to SEWS is a good line. I think that this one is LB2 it's a couple hundred feet of what looks like WI4. I did a little "ice bouldering" but stayed safe as I was out solo. If you hook up with a sled head it is worth the trip. I had a brief talk with a climber who had been headed up Mid week and saw me skinning up. A couple days later he was coming up as I left the pass. He reported a couple lines on the north side just past the pass that he was headed for but I didn't see them. I took a few pics I will try and get them up in a day or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Thanks for the update! Pics would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Sounds like a great time Ketch. Wish I could have gone with you, sorry your partner couldn't make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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