rock-ice Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Trip: Cascade Mountain (South Wasatch) - Grr Couloir Date: 11/22/2010 Trip Report: Snow couloirs, with a few exceptions, are the closest thing we have to alpine ice here in the Wasatch. I have been eye-ing the couloirs on Cascade for a while as a couple of them seemed from the topo to be fairly steep. The one we chose, Grr Couloir, was only around 35 degrees on average, providing a good workout, but not the steeper ice we were looking for. The search continues. . . Note: This isn't my photo (borrowed from summitpost) and we were climbing in more winter like conditions. I'm freezing my but off in the 30-50mph gusts. Mike says, "Where's the hard climbing?" All complaining about routes aside, we were glad to get out and have mountains so close. Gear Notes: Helmet, crampons, ice axe. Approach Notes: Hike up rock canyon, through the campground and north up Squaw Peak Road (3.5 miles, 2100 feet to here). Then bushwhack for 15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 How are the ice routes looking? Anything forming for 1st week of December? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock-ice Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 I'll let you know what I see if I drive up the canyon, but my guess is you could find stuff to climb. This is probably the first full week it has stayed under freezing ( noaa forecast). Bridal Viel is almost certainly still flowing. Some other lurkers here might have better beta, though. Its been a weird fall. It'll get cold, then we'll have a day when its in the upper 40s in the valley. Maybe the result will be good for ice. . . I dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock-ice Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 Provo Canyon Ice Update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Provo Canyon Ice Update I know what I'm doing each day before heading to the gym. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 pretty amazing stairway already got climbed to the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock-ice Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 At least the first pitch got quite a bit of traffic today too. . . I put some photos up on the page I linked above, I would post them here but cc.com isn't letting me today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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