JDF Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Trip: Canadian Rockies - Pilsner Pillar, 215m WI 5+, 6 Date: 1/8/2012 Trip Report: Great day out climbing with fellow guide Pete Thurlow on Pilsner Pillar. -2, light wind, a few flakes under overcast skies back at the road. Climbers have been to the base of the route and been enjoying the mixed lines to the right and behind the Pillar but we saw no signs of travel on the climb itself. P1 is in WI 5+, 6 condition right now. The early portions of the pitch are hollow behind for about 5m before it thickens up. While steep we had good ice and lots of little features to work with. Engaging climbing with enough good screws to keep it really fun. The other pitches rounded out a solid day on a classic. We rapped from "No Threads" and one tree. 60m ropes were just enough to stretch across the low angle terrain between pitches before the top of pitch 1. Happy Climbing. Gear Notes: 2 x 60m ropes 10-12 ice screws various length. Approach Notes: Park on the side road in Field below the climb as per the guide book. Follow good trail to base of route. 10-15minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Thanks for posting John! We were admiring the beer climbs as we drove through Field on Thursday, great to hear about folks getting on them. Thanks also for posting a Rockies related trip, the cc.com database could use a lot more so keep 'em coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 WOW , thanks for posting this. We are headed up next week and the list just got longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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