Don_Serl Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) craig mcgee drove the area yesterday, and here's what he reports: Drove through the Duffey lake area yesterday and this is what I saw. If its not mentioned here it was probably not "IN" as I took a good look around. In the early morning light "Entropy "looked in? "that could mean anything in that light" Looked like you could scratch up something in the "Syco pillar" area (mixed routes only) No ice at all on "Blue moon on rye" "Dream Catcher" looked like it would be climbable Looked like most of the regular climbs at the "Rambles" were in, however they looked quite thin compared to normal. Carl berg was NOT in The first pitches of "loose lady" were in. I tried to see the upper pitch, but could only see the ice on the last few feet, so? "Synchronicity" was in, however the first few feet of the first main pitch looked very thin or rock . "Honeyman falls" looked climbable, but there was a hole with open water in the middle up top. Most of the climbs in Marble canyon looked climbable. The lower wall had lots of ice, but thin in places. The top pitches on "Icy BC looked climbable, but very hard" It was -22 at the Rambles and -30 in marble canyon... All in all I was surprised to see very little free water that could freeze in these temps. It looks like it must have been very dry up there for the past few weeks, hopefully it warms up at bit! thanks to craig for the effort and bruce kay for passing this along. kinda worrisome that i've now heard a cpl reports mentioning lack of running water to continue to build the ice. it'd be a shame if this cold snap didn't herald a superb season. maybe this current snowfall will help. cheers, don Edited December 17, 2008 by Don_Serl Quote
tanstaafl Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 Any word on whether anything is in around Hope? Quote
hafilax Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 A friend is looking for ice in Hope today. I'll let you know if I hear anything. Quote
jmace Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 Lytton Oct Precip 40% of normal Nov Precip 68% of normal Dec so far 32% of normal Quote
Don_Serl Posted December 18, 2008 Author Posted December 18, 2008 Any word on whether anything is in around Hope? check out: http://www.westcoastice.com/Current_Conditions_2008-2009.html up and running; lots of info. bookmark it for the rest of the season. cheers Quote
Don_Serl Posted December 18, 2008 Author Posted December 18, 2008 Lytton Oct Precip 40% of normal Nov Precip 68% of normal Dec so far 32% of normal top that with thin to no snowpack, then bitter cold, and it's no surprise there's not much water running 'upcountry'. sounds like Hope and Squamish are doing better... cheers, Quote
marc_leclerc Posted December 18, 2008 Posted December 18, 2008 Hope looks pretty sweet right now.... lots to do up here... Quote
jmace Posted December 18, 2008 Posted December 18, 2008 Hope looks pretty sweet right now.... lots to do up here... Arent you supposed to say that after the weekend... Quote
spiderman Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 Climbed "Mousetrap" today. We ran into an impassable section 4 pitches up with too much running water. Should be pretty solid by the weekend though. Quote
jmace Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 WE climbed Mouse trap today and saw your anchors we were able to top out although it was thin. Second to last pitch is mushy final pitch is good to go. Overall the climb is wet with some holes Valley ice in general is very white and care is needed Quote
spiderman Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 Jmace....our high point was the slung horn. The short step above that had a huge hole in it and wasn't safe at all to try. Although another day or two it'd probably be passable. Glad you guys made it all the way! Quote
steller Posted December 20, 2008 Posted December 20, 2008 Myself and two others climbed at the "mousetrap" as well on friday..Good goin! We also had GREAT results on the sailor bar north waterfall(not sure of guide book name) 3 pitchs of near perfect conditions. Current forecast for this area are to get warm by tuesday. day time highs of 3 in agassiz FYI. enjoy the great conditions! i sure did! Chris Link. Quote
G-spotter Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 It's called "Sailor Bar Gully" WI2+. How imaginative eh? some climbs around Hope today were pretty busy. Heard a report of 8 ppl on Mousetrap? Quote
jmace Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 (edited) whatever Edited December 21, 2008 by jmace Quote
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