rockgirl77 Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Has anyone been out to Icicle Creek to do some climbing? If so, what are the conditions? I'm dying to get out and work on leading some easier trad routes...Thanks! Quote
ScottP Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 I didn't actually climb anything in the Icicle, but as of Saturday things were looking pretty dry.(A high of 36 degrees on Saturday.) Icicle buttress was pretty bare. I imagine if the weather stays clear you could find something to do. Quote
eric8 Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 north facing stuff is snowy and icy bring your tools if you know where to look. Â South facing stuff was dry and in the sun for part of saturday. bring your shoes Quote
selkirk Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Any thoughts on Weather Hubba Hubba is still in? Or is it likely gone until the next cold snap? Quote
kurthicks Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 (edited) Yes. Still In. Â "Saturday we went to the Icicle and climbed Hubba Hubba which was actually in pretty good shape. From there we traversed over to Mountaineer Creek road to check out Mr Seattle and the routes in that vicinity. They looked really poor and scrappy, so we went home." Â Â http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/550473/an/0/page/0#550473 Edited February 27, 2006 by wazzumountaineer Quote
kadyakerbob Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 i was up there on saturday and the best ice in the area is on highway 97, there are a couple of good flows coming right off the road. Quote
DirtyHarry Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 You mean the 20 ft high road cut? Yeah. Sick. Quote
Jens Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 When I drove by peshastin on Friday, it was dry and my car thermometer said 45 degrees. Quote
DirtyHarry Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 But oh shit its raining today. Funny how the weather changes day to day. Crazy. Quote
kadyakerbob Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 hey it was more like 26 feet! and beggers cant be choosers! better to climb somthing than nothing, last week i ended up in banff, so this week i had no choice but to climb the road ice Quote
DirtyHarry Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 Sad. There's definitly better shit around. Quote
jonah Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 Went to Leavenworth on Saturday, thinking that all the sun and mid-40s temps would have melted some of the snow. there was some bare and dry rock on the north side of the icicle, but an amazing amount of ice was still in on the south side. And there is a ton of snow. Couldn't even make it up Mountain Home road in 4WD. This is ridiculous. I keep waiting for the climbing season to start, when I should be hauling out the ice tools... Quote
kurthicks Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 so hubba hubba still looked good? what else? Quote
MCash Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 Rock was warm and dry in the Icicle this weekend. Pretty much everything on the Icicle Buttress side of the canyon is ready for climbing. Ice? It was in the fifties! Quote
TrogdortheBurninator Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 Was Sunday dry too? We got rained out at Vantage. Quote
G-spotter Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 there was some dry rock but amazing ice Ice? it was in the fifties! Â Quote
MCash Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 This is ridiculous. I keep waiting for the climbing season to start, when I should be hauling out the ice tools... Â Ha! There is like 1" of snow left around only in a few spots in the Icicle. Have fun iceclimbing, it was T-shirt weather this weekend. Â Quote
jonah Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 (edited) I'm not trying to start a debate about whether there was ice or not, despite the 50 degree temps. Just giving people from this side of the pass a heads up that you shouldn't expect spring conditions. There is still a ton of snow and ice in the canyon, though the ice is definitely rotten-looking. The point is that it is there, and in crazy places I wouldn't expect, given the temps. The slabs on Pearly Gates, for instance, were covered in ice on Saturday. Â But whatever floats your boat... Edited March 6, 2006 by jonah Quote
telemarker Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 Â Â Top of Peek-a-boo Tower? Cool little summit nook, with a fun bit of gritty o/w to get there. Quote
telemarker Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 Dry rock about 3 weeks ago at The Nut House, Clem's Holler area, though much snow remains on the floor. Â Quote
MCash Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 Top of Peek-a-boo Tower? Cool little summit nook, with a fun bit of gritty o/w to get there. Â Yep, a nice route. All of 5.9 we thought. Quote
telemarker Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 Top of Peek-a-boo Tower? Cool little summit nook, with a fun bit of gritty o/w to get there. Â Yep, a nice route. All of 5.9 we thought. Â The step around after the initial face climbing is worth the price of admission on its own. Quote
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