Twin / Cleo's

Submitted by alex on Sun, 12/27/2009 - 20:27

The trail is in great shape to Cleo's.  Slopes on the way to Twin should be crossed with caution.  We went up there on the 26th and found more people on Cleo's than I've ever seen.  Looked like a Bachelor party!  So we climbed Twin Right, with a short pillar variation at the top.  Found all sorts of conditions: wet and sticky, dinner plates, ice sheets on top of snow, and everything in between.  No ice whatsoever above the pillar, just a rock slab and 20 inches of sugary snow made for a tricky mantle finish.  Dug a trench to the top, which you can see in the photo.  Have fun out there.

Twin Right

Again, we arrived at Cleo's just as another party was starting up the first pitch. So, we climbed the line about 50 meters right of Twin Falls. I can't remember the name of it now but it starts in a skinny runnel and continues up several ice curtains of fun climbing in the “WI4 for delicate ice” range. I recommend it, especially from now until the next snow storm because we’ve taken care of digging trenches up the waist-deep snow slopes so you can concentrate on climbing. We finally got on Cleo’s later and it is of course in great shape.

Anyone been up to Cleo's recently? What's the word?

 

Hyalite Canyon Ice Conditions