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2014/2015 Washington State Ice Conditions


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After a recon' on Wednesday I went back Friday and Saturday for two laps up the practice gully. Here are some pictures in no particular order. There were three other parties climbing it Saturday. In all, there were about 7 pitches of low angle ice and a few steeper steps. The main flow became wetter further up until it became un-climbable.

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It's a little late, but we climbed the NEB on Chair on the 4th. It was just below freezing most of the time we were there. The route was in good shape, I've never been there but it seemed maybe a little thin...? The whole east face was pretty much climbable snice and verglas to about 55 degrees.

 

P.S. if you haven't been there before (like us) the summer trail takes you almost right to the base of the climb (rather than postholeing all the way in from Source Lake.

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It's a little late, but we climbed the NEB on Chair on the 4th....

 

P.S. if you haven't been there before (like us) the summer trail takes you almost right to the base of the climb (rather than postholeing all the way in from Source Lake.

 

Only because it's a low snow year. Normal winters the summer trail is a lot of avalanche hazard.

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Bob, did you hear about this?

 

Second Ascent added 2 new photos — with Will Hinckley and Braden Downey.

January 17 at 1:04pm · Edited ·

From the guys that brought you "Fast & Light in the Alaska Range" did it again on one of Washington's formidable beasts. Last week Will Hinckley & Braden Downey climbed what is known to be the ‪#‎secondascent‬ of the Polish Route on Colfax Peak with difficulties of run-out sections up to WI6. Will states, "It's by far the best ice line I've been on in Washington and it's definitely deserving of more traffic."

 

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