spotly Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I can't find any mention of early season climbs (March-April). I'm wondering about the difficulty - easy snow slog to the rock? I'd imagine that hidden chimney would be easy to get through - how about the 5.4 corner...filled in with snow/ice? I'm pretty ignorant with what the Icicle looks like that time of year. I'll probably have to make a recon I suppose. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemarker Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 People keep dieing up there. As little snow we've gotten this year, I bet it would be climbable by march/april. A better bet would be south facing crags higher up: bathtub dome area, 8 mile crags, careno crag to name a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotly Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 I've read about the one at the entrance to the gully on here; haven't heard about others. We're looking for something mixed so some snow is good - prefereably on the sucky-when-dry approach and in the gully and not so much on the last pitch. I don't do much over there early season so not familiar with how things melt out on that slope as far as timing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemarker Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 We're looking for something mixed so some snow is good - prefereably on the sucky-when-dry approach and in the gully and not so much on the last pitch. I don't do much over there early season so not familiar with how things melt out on that slope as far as timing. Oh! Then go for it. The trail is almost always dirt, especially this year, even in good eastside snow years. Not sure about ice/snow on the crag itself. The approach should be cake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemarker Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Oops. I lied. There's quite a but of snow on the approach still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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