ConorB Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) yeah banks lake sorry http://maps.google.com/maps?q=47.84728,-119.117289&num=1&t=h&sll=47.842456,-119.108748&sspn=0.017109,0.044932&ie=UTF8&ll=47.846532,-119.122117&spn=0.008554,0.022466&z=16 punchbowl was very thin at bottom, good up top. wet though. trotskys revenge was good at bottom thin and wet at top but all in all it was great. not any big scary deathcicles above either. some small stuff came down but nothing really bad. Edited December 24, 2010 by ConorB Quote
Alex_Mineev Posted December 25, 2010 Posted December 25, 2010 Climbed millenium wall few hours ago. Lower-mid part was still well formed despite the warm temps. Upper part felt rotten and required some excavating. Awesome day! Quote
joel20 Posted December 25, 2010 Posted December 25, 2010 Does anyone have a grid/gps location for the millenium walls or be able to tell me if it's actually on the snow lakes trail or on the snow creek wall trail that comes off of it? Quote
Alex_Mineev Posted December 26, 2010 Posted December 26, 2010 It's on Snow Lakes Trail, I guess just before the turn (fork) towards the snow creek wall. You won't miss it - it'll be 10 yards to the left of the trail. Quote
kurthicks Posted December 26, 2010 Posted December 26, 2010 just after the snow creek wall turn. Quote
iamgr8er Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 "Punch bowl" is the devils punch bowl in banks lake. come on adam you know better. Call me I'll show you around. Quote
Captain panther Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 hey shit dude i forgot to tell you. sorry late notice again. going to leavenworth tomorrow for three days! come along! Quote
iamgr8er Posted December 31, 2010 Posted December 31, 2010 We climbed half of the first pitch of hubbahubba. Ran out of 10cm screws. It was only getting thinner so I bailed. The route is surly climbable for others, I just was not confortable. here are some shots of the climb Quote
Andy Craig Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 yeah would not recommend hubbahuba at the moment. I climbed it on Tue (Dec 28) and ended up mixed/super thin ice at the top. Also, update on Millenium wall conditions aren't too bad, if you're looking for ice should be even better now since we climbed it on wed (Dec 29). okay ice towards bottom, tons of snow above it 'til the tree. Just like Hubbahubba it thins out towards the top. Quote
Andy Craig Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 This is taken on Dec, 29th of White Slab over on Snow Creek.. so if anyone wants to know conditions of that here is a photo from across the creek. Quote
goatboy Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Is it possible to set a TR on the Millenium Wall? Quote
kurthicks Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 ice update: careno routes - left maybe, right not in rainbow - maybe, but not looking that good Pivotal Moment - not yet The Drip - almost touching the pencil - looking good Drury - looking good. Rain coming on thursday! Quote
kurthicks Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 Lots of growing ice in the Icicle. The inversion was pretty strong the last few days and things are looking good. Rainbow routes are A-OK! Quote
telemarker Posted January 6, 2011 Author Posted January 6, 2011 Thanks for the update. I solo tr'd a few laps there tonight, rainbow left side, probably just after you guys left. Definitely looking better! Quote
el_blanco Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Hope someone climbs in Leavenworth today and updates us on conditions. I'm trying to choose between ski touring on the west side or ice on the east side. Is Rainbow or Pencil in? Has Hubba thickened up since last week? Thanks Quote
Josh Lewis Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 I'm curious as well as to what the ice conditions are. I want to go ice climbing! Quote
Vernman23 Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 I'm curious as well as to what the ice conditions are. I want to go ice climbing! Josh Lewis now ice climbs? When did this start?!!!? Quote
Josh Lewis Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Well you didn't actually think I would allow myself to not do something so exciting did you? Although I have yet to do this, I plan on it as soon as my first chance pops up. I own my own ice tools and such (as seen in the photo) and have someone who is willing to teach me how. I'm not doing pull ups and such at home for nothing. For the longest time liability was my mile stone that held me from this. Now that there is no longer any liability, now all I gotta do is figure out a way to get there and I'm set. Quote
Vernman23 Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Well you didn't actually think I would allow myself to not do something so exciting did you? I would expect nothing less! heard rainbow falls and some millenium climbs are in. Should be cold next week. Pandome and also some stuff out at alpental was in a little before the last warm up, dont know now. Get after it Josh! Looking forward to pictures and an epic story like always!!! Quote
rocky_joe Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Who is this "Oppertunity" and and to whom is she presenting? More precisely, how much? Quote
MrGecko Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 (edited) Up at 5am and off to find ice today around the I-90 and Leavenworth areas. After hitting the Alpental area we found that Aplental 1-4 were all wet and somewhat non-existent. The colder weekend temperatures didn't do much here. So we drove to Leavenworth and spotted some activity in the Icicle with the following to report: >> Hubba Hubba - 2 parties spotted from the road, looked clean and fairly well formed >> Rat Creek Valley - climbs were not spotted and so assumed not in >> Dog Dome - spotted a route that looked good and fairly fat. >> Icicle Buttress - very thin verglas and a party of 2 bailing >> Pivotal Moment - trying but not quite there >> Rainbow Falls - a party TR'ing the left which looked good but the right side looked wet and thinner >> Careno - apparently quite yet - see next post >> The Smear - formed fairly well >> The Silver Tongue - no The next two routes provide some confusion between the guide's description and what we were observing. Plastic Fantastic Lover (PFL) is claimed to be up and right of Comic Book Hero (CBH). PFL is described as 3 short pillars and is actually up and left of CBH. From our vantage the 3 short pillars of CBH were formed but PFL was not. Another route down and right of CBH also looked to be available. See pics. >> Plastic Fantastic Lover - not formed >> Comic Book Hero - potential looks good >> Unnamed - looked ok >> The Drip - oh I think very much so With the light slowly fading we spotted some ice just one gully east of The Drip. We stepped out to investigate and believe we might have snagged a FA of what we are calling Nothing Really. As in 'How was ice climbing this weekend? What did you guys climb?' **** Nothing Really, WI2+, 2 Pitches **** Park at the Lake Jollanda Dam and walk 2/10ths of a mile east to the 1st gully east of The Drip. P1 - follow the low angled ramp of ice up to a bulge and on to a single large fir tree belay in the middle of the gully. ~110ft. P2 - ascend a ribbon of ice behind the tree to slabs and rolling steps to a final steeper 25' section of ice. Tree belay. ~110ft. And now the goods Alpental Falls (Aka Alpental 1) - the dark streaks are running water Alpental 2-4 Careno Left & Right Rainbow Right Rainbow Left - climber almost topping out Hubba Hubba - 4 climbers on route Icicle Buttress Dog Dome Route The Smear Comic Book Hero Unnamed Panoramic showing CBH in blue and Unnamed in red relative locations, PFL is up and left of CBH but not formed in this photo Did I mention The Drip was in? Crazy kayakers going by... Nothing Really - P1 Nothing Really - P2 Did I mention it was a late evening Edited January 10, 2011 by MrGecko Quote
YocumRidge Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Both Rainbow Left and Right and Careno Left are climbable and leadable as of 01/09/10. Telemarker on the Careno Left: Spionin on the Rainbow Left: Tanstaafl on the Rainbow Right: Myself on the Rainbow Right: Quote
telemarker Posted January 10, 2011 Author Posted January 10, 2011 Both Rainbow Left and Right and Careno Left are climbable and leadable as of 01/09/10. Telemarker on the Careno Left: Butchered...ugh! Quote
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