Alex Posted December 16, 2002 Posted December 16, 2002 (edited) headed up to Alpental this am, expecting a day on rock. However, above Source Lake, lower and to the right of Rap Wall, a nice 30m 3+ has formed up into quite climbable shape. The ice is plastic and thick enough to not break picks, but thin enough that there is no ice pro. You can fake it around to the left easy mixed (WI3, 5.7, but almost no pro) in two short pitches to the large tree at top, from which you can TR to route with a 60m rope. The route could be continued above the large tree up a shorter gully to the right, for a full outing. travel in the valley is pretty tough right now, bring snowshoes! Alex Edited December 16, 2002 by Alex Quote
fleblebleb Posted December 19, 2002 Posted December 19, 2002 Passed by there today, it was quite warm and there is a lot of drippage between the ice and the rock - it needs to get colder before this is worth the hike. Quote
fredrogers Posted December 19, 2002 Posted December 19, 2002 TimL and I post-holed our way up there today. Have to agree with Alex on the snowshoes and fleblebleb on the ice. Was getting very warm on the way out, but WINDY... Quote
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