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rockprodigy
Nov 22, 2002, 4:19 PM
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Has anyone been swinging their tools yet? There probably won't be ice here in Utah for another month, but I bet Canada's already going strong, eh?
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tim
Nov 22, 2002, 4:25 PM
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There was ice on the Black Dike in New Hampshire at the end of October; at least a dozen parties shuttled up and down the route before it got warm again. Should be a good year!
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polarwid
Nov 22, 2002, 5:15 PM
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40 degrees here, no ice yet, but no snow either, should make for a really good ice season if it ever gets cold!
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stevo
Nov 22, 2002, 5:32 PM
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Of course I have been out,this is canada.
The season here has been sweet so far, lots of new routes have been put up. Some of the north facing classics have come in fat, last week I was out on the sorcerer. What a brilliant route, have to go do hydrophobia, heard its fat as well. The season has been on for about a month and a half. Can't wait to dull my picks tomorrow, off to my favourite place, the ghost river.
later, good luck with the ice everywhere else.
[ This Message was edited by: stevo on 2002-12-16 08:06 ]
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atg200
Nov 22, 2002, 5:41 PM
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Colorado is also going very strong.
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mainline
Nov 25, 2002, 1:06 AM
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After three failed attempts due to route finding errors and avalanche danger, agrauch and I finally made it up Prospectors(WI3+) in Death Canyon, Teton Ntl. Park. The ice was in great condition. I will try and post some photos later.
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rockprodigy
Nov 25, 2002, 8:04 PM
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I walked up Santaquin Canyon in Utah last friday. It's not even close. Squashead might be climbable in a week if it stays really cold. Nothing else is even close. Looks like a few more weeks of rock climbing....
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ballshunglow
Nov 27, 2002, 10:21 PM
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Ear to ear grinnin going on up here. Pickins' may be thin in some areas of the CDN rockies but in terms of Hydrophobia, Cryophelia, Sorcerer, Louise Falls, Sacre Bleau, Linda Ice 9, Professors, Replicant,etc. it's all good. Even the Field Beer Climbs are comin back quick. check out www.gravsports.com for the bast Canadian what's up.
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climb512
Nov 29, 2002, 4:00 PM
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Heading up to the Adirondaks tonight. After a rainy fall and solid cold temps for awhile, hopefully we will find some ice.
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wv5ten
Nov 29, 2002, 4:14 PM
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ice?
im still here bouldering at the New River and Cooper's Rock, talking about how I'm glad the weather is still warm enough too.
haha ice :/
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lostangel
Nov 29, 2002, 4:33 PM
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I am not going til Jan. and it will be my first time!!! never really wanted to ice climb because climbing frozen waterfalls just doenst sound appealing in the slightest, but Ill do anything once
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coclimber26
Dec 1, 2002, 3:22 PM
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It's been nice and chilly in colorado. I went up into the mountains last week and alot of routes are forming nicely. They are climbable now but I would wait another 2 weeks for more solid ice.
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darkside
Dec 1, 2002, 4:06 PM
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Well like here in Canada, land of ice, we climb ice all year eh! We take the tools but we call it buildering eh. That's what we call it when we climb on the walls of the igloo's eh.
Unfortunately we have no mountains in Ontario to keep cool on so we have to wait for the tropical temps to go away. This year we went from summer, directly to winter which is why yesterday I got to try out the new poons for the first time. I think it was the first ice for any of the southern deviants.
Think COLD thoughts.
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beyond_gravity
Dec 1, 2002, 4:38 PM
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I'm planning on going out next week to launch my season. Yeehaw
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ontario_guide
Dec 1, 2002, 4:48 PM
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it depends on what you call "ice". Is dry tooling 30 meters to an ice cube considered ice?
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beyond_gravity
Dec 1, 2002, 6:20 PM
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Depends how big the Ice Cube is
Did you bring it from home?
I guess if it's still ice when you get to the top...it counts as an ice climb
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alpinerocket
Dec 15, 2002, 5:59 AM
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I was just up LCC on School Room and we could see that the Great White Icicle may be in. Has any one been on it yet?
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ontario_guide
Dec 15, 2002, 2:32 PM
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I was out 10 days ago on some fairly thick ice. Really early for Ontario!
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redpoint73
Dec 15, 2002, 2:42 PM
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A lot of stuff in New Hampsire is IN. I have not been out yet, but will go next weekend!
New England ice climbers can check conditions at :
http://www.chauvinguides.com/conditions.htm
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interruptor
Dec 15, 2002, 4:00 PM
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Ice? What's that?
I believe that there's like one or two mixed routes every 2 or 3 years or so in Portugal...
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beyond_gravity
Dec 15, 2002, 5:01 PM
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It felt kinnda weird Ice climbing when the creek at the botten of the canyon was still flowing
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climb4life
Dec 15, 2002, 5:17 PM
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good ice in colorado. me or my friends been going almost every weekend after school just recently, my friend went to boulder for this climbing competetion. i don't know anything about this competetion. do you?
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rendog
Dec 16, 2002, 5:44 AM
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Ballshunglow
hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha
you said it man we're going strong. 95% of the valley is whining about the lack of snow, and us climbers are just going off. It's nice ya know... NO snow=No Avi. SWEEEEEEETTTTTTTT
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takeit4granite
Dec 22, 2002, 2:43 AM
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December 20th! Not bad for the Coast Range. I climbed at the Farm on Blackcomb mountain. It was more scratching on rock with a few moves of ice hooking. Swing a tool and you would be sorry! It was good to feel that burn you can only get from hanging from tools!
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gawd
Dec 23, 2002, 10:11 PM
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I've climbed ice in Cali, Utah and Canada so far this year.
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