Jens Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Is the most impressive single piece of water ice that is one day from a plowed road in North America Lillooet B.C.'s "The Theft"? (When fully formed). I personally think it is more impressive looking (visually as I've never climbed it) than the trophy wall on Mt. Rundle, The stuff on the Stanley Headwall, or winter dance in Montana. Who's gonna climb this thing this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderhound Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 I'll take a look at it when I head up there this January. Let you know what happens. I could add it to your great "hardest route to onsight" thread. Anyways does anyone have anybetter photos of this thing I only found a couple that were shitty were I googled it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Did you see the FA account and photos? http://www.terragalleria.com/mountain/mountain.theft.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBay Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 La Pomme D’Or in Quebec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric8 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 The two times I have been down bridge creek the theft hasn't had much ice on it. Never been to Hyalite. I always thought Shreddie looked baddass and maybe even climbable by mortals. Terminator is obviously spectalur but I'm going to go with Polar Circus because that much ice so close to the road is definetly RAD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Snow Dome is more impressive than any of these, with big fatties like Slipstream, scary seracs, and the unclimbed "Ice porn" line staring right at the highway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLCAPS Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 CLIMB ME BITCHEZ!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 CLIMB ME BITCHEZ!!! ...uh....no thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 CLIMB ME BITCHEZ!!! You'll have to make me drop both my plastic shells to get on that thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Other way round... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daler Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Riptide???? Duh! Big Drip? Duh! DR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 hydrophobia any of those big steep routes that hang underneath bigger seracs like the one on mt. quadra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJo Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Canmore Junkyards gets my vote... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sill Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Canmore Junkyards, pretty funny. I second dale's vote for Riptide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 This thing when it freezes and if the road gets plowed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJo Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 OK. Twist my arm. Here it is. In Newfoundland. This photo is only one short piece of about 1500 feet of similar ice plastered onto an overhanging wall by the wind. Those ice fingers are up to 6 feet long. It is a day from the road (just) if the conditions are perfect and you know where to go. Since the approach is from the top, we TRed what we could and it was crazy, wild. We figrued we better try to climb it ground up from the bottom the next day (you can hike with one rappel to the base) but thankfully the pressure dropped 1,000 ft that night, it started to rain and didn't stop for 6 days. We got trapped by the storm with no way to get home and after escaping the flooded frozen lake we were on, the four of us subsequently ran out of scotch, food and fuel, in that order. As far as we know it has never formed since - going on 10 years now. But when it does - pure WI 8 baby. The skew of the camera and the way the wind caused the water to hit the wall, this photo doesn't do it justice but most of those slabby looking patches are vert to overhanging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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