spacecadet Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Trip: Chili Dog Wall (Twin Sisters Area) - 5 Day Old Fish Date: 3/26/2011 Trip Report: This is a little hidden gem we discovered back in '09 the first time climbed this we did the two routes on the right in the pic. I don't believe this has ever been climbed before (not easy to get to), but let me know if I'm wrong. Matt and I set out Sat morning 5am and thought the logging road would be mostly snow...unfortunately for my sled, we ran about 3 miles of dry logging road before we finally hit snow and then only got a couple of miles of snow before the bush-wacking started. An arduous 4-1/2hr approach and we're at the base of probably the largest volume of ice I've ever seen in one small area. 2 years ago we did the two lines from right to left naming them Chili Dog and J.C.T.F. This time we worked the left side of the pillars. Amazing ice pillars all the way up, named this line 5 Day Old Fish (good stories behind the names...) There are many, many lines to be had here and this place deserves an overnight so we can stay and climb more, someday... Got warm, slushy snow on the bush-wack back, but we made it out before dark, no injuries, no broken equipment, and had a beer at Blue Mountain Grill by 8pm. A great day! Gear Notes: 60m twin ropes (full 60m to tree), 10 ice screws, anchor at small tree or v-thread top of pillar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 that's so awesome. how cool to find undiscovered ice near Bham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordansahls Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Awesome. Where exactly is this area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson.g Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Oregon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 oh, i thought it was the twin sisters in bellingham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson.g Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Man I wish! I was out looking for ice in the Green Creek Valley this Winter but there was nothing when I was in there. It was just plain cold and dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordansahls Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 oh, i thought it was the twin sisters in bellingham Whoops, me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderhound Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Twin Sisters?.....Three Sisters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevino Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is near you Bham folks. His other TR is in bellingham and the blue mountain grill he refers to is in acme, wa on hwy 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson.g Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Dang really? I googled blue mountain grill and it came up Oregon. I would love to be wrong on this! I think Berdinka also had an ice report from a few years back where he referenced ice a mere 17/18 miles from Bellingham.....Same same? Now I really curious.. OP what do you say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevino Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Hmmm the very first search result is http://www.bluemountaingrill.com/ located in acme, wa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderhound Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I don't think that is in Oregon....it would be a very unusual formation for central oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldiente Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Also, I don't think there is much logging going on up in the Sisters area anymore, much of that mountain is a Wilderness. -Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson.g Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Wow! your better at me than everything! Including googling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson.g Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Let me be the first to put it out there: I am a booger eater and I am (not for the first time nor likely the last) wrong. If I could see out of both my eyes I would have recognized the tell tale rock of the Sisters area. Cheers all. Now if we can get the OP to give us details.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJScott Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 yup! washington sister range ice! its at the base of the n. face of the n. twin on the left side. spotted it while out skiing there once and never got back to it once i moved to the east side. looks really quality, nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattski Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I have been the Blue Mountain Grill below the Twin Sisters in Acme, this is near Bellingham, cool find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtveld Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Oregon. Geez Tyson, how could you get so confused?! Three Sisters, Three Finger Jack = Oregon Twin Sisters, Three Fingers, or Seven Finger Jack = Washington Pretty straightforward, really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa_D Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 for the record: I know these guys. It's Bham for sure. Chris & Matt - awesome! Hope to see you around this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson.g Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 No kidding right? I am fairly easily confused as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 either way it will be gone next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe_M Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Sorry to bust your balls Chris but these were the first two lines. The right side has yet to be touched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Rosco - right you are, I found the old pic of when we first climbed it (4/20/08 not 2009). Next time we gotta get on the right side. It formed pretty similar both times, but we had much better snow for skiing out in '08... btw... Just got back yesterday from Peru! MachuPicchu was awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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