New to ice climbing

[Owen Davis]

I've ice climbed a couple of times and would like some suggestions re:good places to ice climb with top roping potential in OR & WA. Thanks for any ideas...

[DPS]

There is an ice climbing guide book for Washington State: http://www.amazon.com/Washington-Ice-Climbing-Jason-Martin/dp/0898869463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287108553&sr=1-1

Also a companion Web site: http://www.wastateice.net/Guide.aspx

 

 

[Alex]

Washington and Oregon are both sadly very lacking in top-ropeable, moderate ice for beginners.

 

The absolute BEST thing to do is to take a week-long trip to Banff during the winter, and climb at Junkyards, Hafner, and other practice areas to where you feel comfortable leading WI3. Then there are options back home....

 

 

[BobbyZ]

So where is the non-toproping ice in Oregon? Assuming comfort on WI3/4.