Sinopah

This last week I was down in Two Medicine trying to test out my new skis. While there was no snow, there were quite a number of nice looking ice lines. To be more precise, there were a number of what had been nice looking ice lines. The most impressive of these was a trio of tough looking alpine routes on the south face of Sinopah (pictured below)



You may need a closer look to see the remains of the lines. The 1st line looked to have a two pitch base on the outside of an arete - quite unusual. It then went through a few hundred meters of snow before getting into a steep smear. Hopefully the smear fleshes out with better weather because it was just verglass. Route number two had a look of a classic ice line. Again close to two pictches. Route 3 seemed to have some possible potential. It would be more a gully route. I am not sure what the upper sections would be like.

The other nice line I saw was over on Red Eagle Mountain at St. Mary's. There is a nice grade 3 ish gully that can be seen from the Sun Point gate. Unfortunately it isn't completely formed. Also you would have to cross the lake to get to it. The ice climbs north of the visitor center were, surprisingly enough, still present. While only the big smear had ice throughout, I am surprised at how good they are for the weather.