Observation Rock

[selkirk]

Anyone been up Observation Rock recently? Would very much appreciate any recent beta on conditions, approach times etc.

Thanks for the info!

Cheers

Josh

[dbb]

probably about 1 foot of snow on top of ice. beware of this in these conditions:

http://mtnphil.com/ORock3/ORock3.html

 

almost two years to the day..

[olyclimber]

damn, i never heard that story.

[selkirk]

Was up there Saturday and it's officially in good shape. Nice hard compact snow. With a little bit of slightly fresher stuff that's collected at the slope change in the middle, about even with the mid-face rocks. Very secure climbing, though the pro isn't worth a great deal.

 

It's pretty much too hard for pickets (though we did pound a few in the slightly newer stuff in the middle), but there really isn't any "Ice" except above the lip where it gets some sun, so I doubt the screws would hold in the unlikely event of a fall.

Cheers

Josh