Wall lake ice
I was up hiking to Wall lake on Sat. I was surprised that there was an inch or two of snow almost all the way up. At the border things obviously got thicker than down at the trailhead. With the socked in weather, I would guess there would be about 4 or 5 inches by now.
We didn't get to see midnight madness, but for this next weekend I would guess it would be quite thin. Probably not protectable, but good for mixed climbers.
An interesting route was looking to form up on the back left side of the lake. I don't think this is one of the many ice routes Dave Stephens and Blair Piggot have put up in the area. It normally doesn't thicken up much during normal season (from what I can tell). Plus the avy danger is pretty crazy. Give it a few weeks though and it could be a good alpine climb.
Another shot is also on line.
posted by chris g @ 11/01/2005 08:29:00 AM
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3 Comments:
Hey Chris has anyone ever linked up all three warden gullies in a day?
Chris
Posted by chris morris
I am not sure. It shouldn't be too bad. The only difficulty is the middle one. It is pretty low angle to even call a climb. It shares the same start as the right gully. After that it is hard to tell where the ice is and where the snow is. It used to have 60 degree ice for a pitch, but that was mostly snow that had turned to ice from thaws.
Try linking the thre choice lines. I believe Josephson did that some time back - soloing them I think.
Posted by chris goble
Are you guys up to anything on saturday? Looking to do something as I'm baching it for the weekend.
Posted by scott harms
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