assbokk Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Trip: alpental falls Date: 12/20/2008 Trip Report: 12-20-08. First time at alpental. Snowing with cold temps throughout the day. Lots of powder, so take big snowshoes or skis. If I had to guess at a depth, I would put it at five feet, which accounts for windloaded areas and terrian features. Perhaps closer to 4 feet overall. With the snowpack being what it is, avalanche danger was low. Some signs of surface sluff, but that's suppose to happen. We could still see some running water under some ice. The Northern end had the bulk of formations with the rest being shallow. A pair leaving on our arrival said they were hitting lots of rocks on the higher areas. Because we aren't the best ice climbers we stuck to lower step and just messed around for while. gallery link: http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=42996 DegMin NAD27 ALPENTAL FALLS,47,26.863,-121,25.269, 3172ft Alpental IV,47,26.941,-121,25.449, 3475ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightning Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 way to go dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Just for reference, alpental falls is actually the route in the background of your last pic. What you were on is Alpental 4, basically the bottom cliffband of Phantom Slide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Time to get out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberdinka Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I'd say this picture completely exemplifies typical PNW ice climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assbokk Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Thanks Alex. Damn hard to find "routes" in the winter. The coordinates I had gotten from WAice didn't put me in the right area, so I was really just guessing when I labeled this TR alpental falls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Thanks for the feedback, I will double-check the coords.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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