laurel Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 Alpental Kiddie Cliff Mon 1/16: full size on flickr This thing is (just barely) steep enough that it wasn't buried by the 2 ft or whatever of snow over the weekend. We did get a close range demonstration of why the snow was 6 ft deep at the base of the route. Quote
kayfire Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 FYI I don't know if it is allowed to be climbed anymore or not, but, that little flow within the Alpental ski area (off to skier's right, just down from the top of the first chairlift) is in. Probably in WI3/3+ condition, and readily able to be protected by screws. Quote
jpark42 Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Climbed the chair lift climbs on Sunday and the ice is in, though in challenging conditions. Climbed the center line which I believe is considered WI4. As for climbing it, you can climb it but it's best to check in with ski patrol if you plan on skinning up in area. Even better have a ski pass and do a couple of laps while waiting for others to climb it. Quote
Alex Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 I can't believe its almost the end of January?!? Quote
cynicalwoodsman Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Almost nobody's gettin' any anywhere this season. Quote
Alex Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Agreed, just about the only brief bright spot was that "Back of the Lake" climbing around Snow Lake earlier... Quote
kurthicks Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 ah, lots of ice to be climbed in the Snoqualmie area still. Source Lake Line, the Snow Lake routes, and the Bryant Buttress stuff all look good from what I saw today. just deeper snow on the approach... Quote
Val Zephyr Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 Climbed Rainbow Falls (right) in Leavenworth today. Rainbow Left and Careno were in poor shape. Hubba Hubba and Drury Falls looked Fat from the road. Quote
jstreet Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Matt and I went to Snow Lake on Saturday... on the way here's what we saw Chockstone Falls - IN Flow Reversal - IN SUPER FAT - looks like WI 3+ or 4- Source Lake Line - IN FAT all the other stuff scattered all over the valley looked fat At Snow Lake we climbed this thing... 50m WI-5 ... see [url:http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1055602#Post1055602]trip report here[/url] Edited January 31, 2012 by jstreet Quote
anikoy Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Looks great! Thanks for the update. Seems that avalanche danger is pretty high now? Quote
jstreet Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Ya, good thing we got this done on Saturday instead of Sunday. Quote
wayne Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Geoff and Jess tried that last year. Good Job. Quote
OlympicMtnBoy Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Climbed a good portion of Drury Falls on Saturday and it was pretty fat but covered in annoying snice. The first half of the approach was cruiser with snowshoes on crust and the upper half was wallowy so we ended up bailing halfway up the main flow to make it back to cross the river in daylight. This rain might have consolidated stuff more though if anyone else wants to get on it. Quote
jstreet Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Thanks for the report. How did you get across the river? Climbed a good portion of Drury Falls on Saturday and it was pretty fat but covered in annoying snice. The first half of the approach was cruiser with snowshoes on crust and the upper half was wallowy so we ended up bailing halfway up the main flow to make it back to cross the river in daylight. This rain might have consolidated stuff more though if anyone else wants to get on it. Quote
Dannible Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 As reported, some things were in in Ltown on Saturday. Sadly it started raining in the afternoon, and rained hard during the night and on Sunday morning. Apparently it was raining at 6000+ in the canyon. Tried to go mixed climbing on Carino, figuring at least that meant rock gear instead of screws, but couldn't justify it with how warm it was. Drove up the road to look around, and got up to where the road ends just in time to see a massive avalanche come down Hubba Hubba, maybe the biggest I've witnessed in Washington. Would have killed anything on the approach slopes above the treeline, and brought down some of the ice. Someone said that it had slid like that an hour earlier too. The first pitch looked really fat though, so hopefully it will survive the coming warm weather. Drury looked a bit rain affected today. It was t shirt weather in town. Hint: think higher. Quote
OlympicMtnBoy Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 We crossed in a canoe just upstream of the Drury Falls drainage (just up from a small island). The road is plowed a bit wider there so we pulled off and unloaded and parked a few hundred yards farther west. It was an easy paddle from one eddy to another across. Getting back the ferry angle is not so good and it looked a bit tricky so my partner brought chest waders and forded the river then hauled me across in the boat. Pretty easy and no one got wet (except the waders). Probably could have paddled it but I haven't got much whitewater experience so we played it safe. Quote
Dannible Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 I've always thought the calm part next to the candy shop would be good too. A bit of walking but that beats a bit of swimming. Damn rain, I even had a raft in my van this weekend. Quote
hamballs Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 Anyone been to Colchuck Lake recently? Wondering about conditions on Dragontail/Triple Couloirs for Sun/Mon this weekend. Quote
Alex Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 Last Sunday there was still ice on the mixed routes above Blackice at Exit 38. This Sunday it's all completely gone, melted away... Quote
spionin Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 death picnic is still in good shape. p1 is same as three weeks ago, but p2 is MUCH more sun-affected. decent hooking, but some pockets are less stable. beta tip: on this go i followed advice from wayne's TR and made the belay one tier higher. it had much better ice for an anchor, took out the steepest part of p2, made transition easier, and offered a more stable stance. Friedrich on p2: "banquet" looks more "death prison camp lunch". looks like the route got some traffic in the past few weeks. if you were on it, and used my ropes (raps, aiding, whatever), please let me know. they look alright, but i need to know how much additional wear they got. thanks. Quote
Val Zephyr Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 Hubba Hubba in Leavenworth is in great shape! My full TR is here: http://students.washington.edu/climb/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6697 Quote
Vernman23 Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Josh and I climbed Source Lake Line on Saturday. Was in good condition, however the ice was very brittle. Beyond that I would say in 5 condition, hardest part was hiking my fat butt in. Quote
OlympicMtnBoy Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Hubba Hubba left and right were also in pretty fat last Thursday. Right is a bit snicy with a pretty thin finish but better than I've seen it for a while. Gives you some options if you get up there with other parties. A single 60 will get you down (barely) from the left tree at the top of the right flow. Pics here since google moved the "link to" option and I can't find it to embed the photo: https://picasaweb.google.com/104708573545176184583/HubbaHubba# Quote
montypiton Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Shipman, Wicheta, Flick,and I climbed a fun WI3 flow tucked up against the upstream edge of Eightmile Buttress on Saturday. Thin in spots, but pools and blobs that accepted screws. Funnel was fat on Sunday,& right hand line was as described above. Amazingly, we had the whole place to ourselves!! Quote
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