chrisr Posted December 5, 2006 Posted December 5, 2006 (edited) Photos are of The Cable, Children of the Sun, Trotskys Folly, Salt and Pepper and Clockwork Orange ( I think) and not in that order. Photos were taken with my cell phone so sorry about the quality. Lots of ice up there right now. The punchbowl is huge but the icicles above are monsterous. Tons of ice all the way up the coulee. Didn't climb, strictly recon. Edited December 5, 2006 by chrisr Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted December 5, 2006 Posted December 5, 2006 FFUUUUCCCCKKKKKK....DAMMMMNNNIT Quote
chrisr Posted December 5, 2006 Author Posted December 5, 2006 This is a very unselfish act on my part to help those in need this holiday season. I'm leaving tomorrow for 7 days in Cody, WY so I won't even be able to enjoy these sweet local conditions. They'll probably fall down before I get back, I'm sure. So all you west siders should come together and give me $15 for gas, and $3 in misc. snacks money. Enjoy! Quote
dbb Posted December 5, 2006 Posted December 5, 2006 very nice Chris. I think a lot of us were wondering if banks had come in. thx Quote
ryland_moore Posted December 5, 2006 Posted December 5, 2006 I guess we can expect lines for climbs out at Banks Lake this weekend!!!! Quote
powderhound Posted December 6, 2006 Posted December 6, 2006 I finally see something that might be worth a dirve from Montana, to come climb. Quote
kurthicks Posted December 6, 2006 Posted December 6, 2006 if you need a partner, shoot me a PM... Quote
Alex Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 good to see this stuff in so early, and with the current weather it should be around a little while anyway. The last pic in your first post is Champagne, a great route thats TR-able (walk around climbers right on ledges to 1 3rd class move) and makes for a stiff lead too. Quote
dbb Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 The punchbowl is huge but the icicles above are monsterous. just a reminder, temps are supposed to go above freezing starting tomorrow. Climbing the devil's punchbowl in these conditions is extraordinarily dangerous. Do what you want, but nearly every time I've been in the area (about 5) I've seen people narrowly avoid injury/being killed by small to massive releases from above. Not really worth the risk IMHO for a single pitch 2+. Quote
TrogdortheBurninator Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Someone needs to shoot the icicles down proactively. Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 (edited) There will be no one at Banks Lake tommorrow. Edited December 7, 2006 by Weekend_Climberz Quote
ryland_moore Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 The locals usually take care of that anyway...... Quote
NYC007 Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 I have heard some locals joke about shooting them down.. There are quite a bit of other things to be had, from what I have heard the current forcast has been a lil off, with the cloud cover and breeze been a lil colder then per weather yahoos Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 weather underground has it well below tomorrow, all the others are wrong Quote
catbirdseat Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Someone needs to shoot the icicles down proactively. You should put a call into JGowans Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Why go to the punchbowl when there's a whole assortment of TR'able lines elsewhere in safer positions. Listen to me, I'm already failing Quote
jmace Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 maybe that breeze will kick up and freeze some ice... Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted December 10, 2006 Posted December 10, 2006 The ice sucked yesterday and today, you guys who stayed home made the right call. We were definately suckered into the good weather forecast and cold weather. Champagne was totally crappy, children of the sun blowed, and trosky's folly wasn't eve climbable. What a waste of a drive. Quote
Choada_Boy Posted December 10, 2006 Posted December 10, 2006 For real? Sorry to ask, but sarcasm runs pretty rampant around here. Quote
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