spacecadet Posted March 28, 2011 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
layton Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 that's so awesome. how cool to find undiscovered ice near Bham Quote
layton Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 oh, i thought it was the twin sisters in bellingham Quote
Tyson.g Posted March 28, 2011 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
jordansahls Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 oh, i thought it was the twin sisters in bellingham Whoops, me too. Quote
kevino Posted March 28, 2011 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
Tyson.g Posted March 28, 2011 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
kevino Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 Hmmm the very first search result is http://www.bluemountaingrill.com/ located in acme, wa. Quote
powderhound Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 I don't think that is in Oregon....it would be a very unusual formation for central oregon Quote
eldiente Posted March 28, 2011 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
Tyson.g Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 Wow! your better at me than everything! Including googling. Quote
Tyson.g Posted March 28, 2011 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
AJScott Posted March 29, 2011 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
Mattski Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 I have been the Blue Mountain Grill below the Twin Sisters in Acme, this is near Bellingham, cool find! Quote
curtveld Posted March 29, 2011 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
Lisa_D Posted March 29, 2011 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
Tyson.g Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 No kidding right? I am fairly easily confused as it is. Quote
Roscoe_M Posted April 4, 2011 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
spacecadet Posted April 14, 2011 Author 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
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