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smellyhairy
Sep 16, 2005, 2:59 PM
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I'm thinking about working at Alta this winter. Is there climbing available in Big Cottonwood Canyon from nov. to jan.? Is it too cold, wet, or icy?
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stevep
Sep 16, 2005, 3:48 PM
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If you're working at Alta, you'll be in Little Cottonwood. There is winter rockclimbing in both canyons, dependent on snow. If there hasn't been much recently, a sunny Jan day on the south facing side of LCC can be very good. But after a big dump of snow, you may go several days before anything is very climbable.
There is some ice climbing during parts of most winters.
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sidepull
Sep 16, 2005, 4:36 PM
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The first response is right, you're LCC. However, Hell's Gate would be okay on sunny days. In BCC I enjoyed the upper S-curves although some days that hike is a bit slushy or otherwise unhikable.
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