[TR] Ingall's Creek - Falls Creek Falls & No Rest for the Wicked 12/12/2009

[rat]

Trip: Ingall's Creek - Falls Creek Falls & No Rest for the Wicked

 

Date: 12/12/2009

 

Trip Report:

i went hoofing around ingall's creek over the weekend. after wacking up craig and mark's fine route, grey falls, i went looking for a sabbath day objective. enroute back down the trail i tromped over to falls creek falls and found the right side, as far away from the roar as possible, in wi4 shape. a couple hundred yards of exploration farther up the drainage didn't produce more ice so i hooked right into the forest and down a ridge to the base. this is a high-flow waterfall located in a localized terrain trap (lots of older avy debris). future parties will probably prefer to rap off a tree or v-thread(s). approx. 100' in length. located about 20 minutes from ingalls creek trail and easily combined with grey falls.

 

bill gaines and i returned on sunday and hiked approximately 1 mile farther up the trail from grey falls to another nice 3 pitch route, "no rest for the wicked". look for it on the south facing slope near the west edge of a severely burned patch of conifers. pitch 1: >60m wi2/3 depending on your line. short slope to pitch 2: 60m wi4-/4 up cauliflowered pillars in the center (our line, probably wi4), or slightly easier to the left. short slope to pitch 3: 60m wi3. walk off to climbers' right.

[Pete_H]

Nice. Sounds like the second pitch was the money.

[AlpineMonkey]

Nice job. Thats a lot of walking, two days in a row. Is the waterfall in my picture here the one you climbed on Sunday? Just trying to figure out where you were.

 

[rat]

a bit hard to say from that photo but the brush looks right! the climb is above the campsite we discussed along ingalls creek trail. there is another route between it and gray falls.