111 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 From NOAA today: THERE ARE PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS THAT THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE SEASON WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN OREGON BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WHICH COULD RESULT IN MIN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS OR BELOW ZERO. thanksgiving ice anyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderhound Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 eastern oregon....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderhound Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 dude go climb after image or strawberrry mountain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vert Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Here are some photos from about one year ago during the second ascent of that very route.The start was fun. The business above was tricky.This was the only good gear protecting the crux. Loose dry tooling to the ice.Amazing lead!The upper pitch was a dream.Here is the tree that we used for the rappel. I used it once before!Thats Strawberry lake below. You ski across that on the approach.This climb is very high quality! It is also a serious undertaking in an alpine environment. If anyone gets there let me know how things look. Also the falls down in the timber are a good place with short safe climbing. It should be forming up already; for sure by turkey day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanman Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Nice pix Vert- hope to see you this winter!- MH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shapp Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 how you gonna get in there hana? I am going to have to teach you to ski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Rad! Thanks for sharing that, Is that on Strawberry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vert Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Its near there. Strawberry Mountain is two miles away. I think the locals call that rabbit ears, when I first laid eyes on that I was amazed! We went in Thanks giving weekend 1996. Climbed it in February 97 on a continuous hard pillar. The depth hoar can get pretty scary later on. There is some other good lines, but nothing as wild as that. Glad to share! Mark H- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shapp Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Yes it is locally known as the rabbit ears. I have a water color painting of that feature, looking from Logan valley (the other side) hanging in my office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillA Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 You can really see After Image well in this photo: http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/37930006.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el jefe Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 nice photo, bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 awesome pics yo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YocumRidge Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Also the falls down in the timber are a good place with short safe climbing. It should be forming up already; for sure by turkey day. Is the approach long assed? Skis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcrawford Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Anyone know if Paulina falls is frozen over yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shapp Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 (edited) Also the falls down in the timber are a good place with short safe climbing. It should be forming up already; for sure by turkey day. Is the approach long assed? Skis? Yes on the skis, put it this way, if you can handle the drive over from PDX the approach is nothing. You go up the strawberry lake trail, then up toward little strawberry lake, which is pretty much at the base of the final open slope you go up to the base of this climb. Strawberry falls is down in the Timber too. It all depends how far up the Strawberry Lake road you can get. About a little over 3 miles one way if you can drive to the Strawberry Lake trail head, or if you have a snowmachine to get you up to the TH. It is defenitley a 5.5 hour+ drive from PDX to Prairie City under normal driving conditions, in winter it can be significantly longer. I used to live in JD and work on the upper john day and on the backside in Logan Valley (upper Malheur) for a few years. quick googling found this, with a few photos in summer and an approach map to L. Strawberry Lake. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rmav50MtQoU/SqF0CJBJcAI/AAAAAAAAAcU/YJ-RFgurhNM/s320/Strawberry%2BFalls.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hikemasters.com/2009/09/strawberry-lakes-strawberry-mountain.html&usg=__CAXymIS39LJk1jQgbRRGyNb3mkA=&h=320&w=207&sz=28&hl=en&start=8&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=2PijypIjdFecRM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=76&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstrawberry%2Bfalls%2Boregon%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1 Edited November 23, 2010 by shapp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YocumRidge Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Awesome! Thanks for the beta. I'd love to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderhound Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 feeling an itch...must leave audit room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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