tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983300.post113261388827407687..comments2023-11-12T10:35:04.706-07:00Comments on Waterton Scrambling: Low elevation Waterton iceScott Harmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06206174638151684167noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983300.post-1132875820259632942005-11-24T16:43:00.001-07:002005-11-24T16:43:00.001-07:00Oh just to add. The pillar at Drywood is a good t...Oh just to add. The pillar at Drywood is a good toprope problem. However it may be a bit steep for a first crack at ice.chris ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058031349104748778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983300.post-1132875780166872712005-11-24T16:43:00.000-07:002005-11-24T16:43:00.000-07:00It depends on how well you lead. If you do, chanc...It depends on how well you lead. If you do, chances are you want something with a shot approach. Right now this is problematic. Drywood has a relatively easy approach for ice, but the far right side of the Gasser isn't overly great for toproping. It tends to have a bit of exposure for new climbers even if the angle is quite laid back. The low angled Buchannon gullies would be good, but it isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983300.post-1132861564172569602005-11-24T12:46:00.000-07:002005-11-24T12:46:00.000-07:00I would like to introduice me girlfriend to ice cl...I would like to introduice me girlfriend to ice climbing this week-end in Waterton. Is there any good spot to top-rope in present condition?<BR/> <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://waterton.blogspot.com/2005/11/low-elevation-waterton-ice.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="grandpic at yhaoo dot com">John Smith</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983300.post-1132673338470205892005-11-22T08:28:00.000-07:002005-11-22T08:28:00.000-07:00Brett, if you want to make posts here on a semi-re...Brett, if you want to make posts here on a semi-regular basis, just send me an email cgoble at allstream.net , and I can send you an invite to get you set up on blogger.chris ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058031349104748778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983300.post-1132673249796438982005-11-22T08:27:00.000-07:002005-11-22T08:27:00.000-07:00Blair and I hiked into Otokomi last year with much...Blair and I hiked into Otokomi last year with much the same result. Things look nice, but don't seem to hang around later in the season. At the head of the valley there is a good looking flow. It seems to have quite a bit of avy terrain around it.<BR/><BR/>Also look by St. Mary's, often there are a couple of nice looking climbs in the bowl behind the lake. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983300.post-1132633634908105622005-11-21T21:27:00.000-07:002005-11-21T21:27:00.000-07:00As the Logan Pass road (in Glacier Park)was open a...As the Logan Pass road (in Glacier Park)was open again as far as Rising Sun, I went hiking with my wife and a friend in towards Otokomi Lake (about 8 or 9 km in from the Rising Sun Motel). Where the trail and valley turns to the West (about 6-7 km in), there are literally a dozen ice climbs along the South Facing wall of the valley. Most of them were well-melted out, but if one could time a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983300.post-1132631393898082482005-11-21T20:49:00.000-07:002005-11-21T20:49:00.000-07:00Yes I got some pictures. I have to get my girlfrie...Yes I got some pictures. I have to get my girlfriend to download them off of her camera and then I will try to post them. The ice was pretty thick. It looked blue and fat from the road, but wasn't as long of a route as it looked from the road. There was about 2 inches of slush/ice over the ice and pretty airated. I didn't trust any of the screws too much. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if I'm retarded Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983300.post-1132621951002135452005-11-21T18:12:00.000-07:002005-11-21T18:12:00.000-07:00I saw those routes on saturday and thought they lo...I saw those routes on saturday and thought they looked fun, did you get any pictures? How thick was the ice? <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://waterton.blogspot.com/2005/11/low-elevation-waterton-ice.html#comments" REL="nofollow" TITLE="anteclothingcorp at hotmail dot com">Chris Morris</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983300.post-1132620289987112302005-11-21T17:44:00.000-07:002005-11-21T17:44:00.000-07:00We climbed a route on Sunday that is across from t...We climbed a route on Sunday that is across from the oil well site on the cameron highway. It is visible from the road just before the oil well at the bottom of a large bowl. Not sure if this route has been climbed before. It was 35-40 meters of WI3. Not a bad little climb. The approach wasn't all that fun up the gully fighting with the slide alder, took about 1 1/2 hours. We descended to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com