scott_johnston Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 (edited) Climb: WA pass ice-several Date of Climb: 12/23/2005 Trip Report: The road cuts at WA pass are in great shape these days. Have made a thre trips in the last week before the snow covers them. Most of the 8-10 lines are around 80' and from WI3-5 with some fun TR mixed lines. Conditions are better than last year but the fun WI3/AI3 gullies are too dangerous now. Most lines have trees at thge top or fixed gear that may require digging for. Lib Bell gullies 1&2 had run pretty big and I suspect they will have run again today as it was dumping when we left at 4pm. Rainey lake falls is the biggest I hasve ever seen it. All three lines are in fat but now have major avy hazard. These are climbs of 4-500' and are threatened big time by slopes below the old Lyman galcier. Gear Notes: Snomo, screws, rope,the ususal stuff Approach Notes: snomo to base of climb, belay from there. Edited December 25, 2005 by scott_johnston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurthicks Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 it was dumping when we left at 4pm. so it's snowing up there, eh? good news for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Bump. Any updates? Anybody been up the road? Scott: how have the temps been? Think these are still in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treknclime Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Good question, John. I used to climb the road cuts up the W side...and could often get up the road in low snow years, when the road was "closed," but the gate remained open. Got in some early ice there. Wonder how the E side of the highway is do'in. Scott? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_johnston Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Yes, the ice is still in. We got the expected big avy cycle over the weekend. Temps since then have been hovering just below freezing. Lots of snow yesterday up high and snowing all day hard here in Mazama today. Friends climbed on the road cut below the spires yesterday. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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