:lol: On Tuesday Joe josephson, Douglas Stoup and myself repeated what we believe to be the route "Ice Dragons" in the East Rosebud drainage. Although the grade is far from what the first ascentionist reported it to be, it seems a likely match. We found 1000+ feet of grade 3 mixed climbing. Five of the pitches were on mostly good ice, thin in places, with the sixth pitch requiring some scratchy climbing on a slab to reach the snow and rock that deposits you 300ft below the summit plateau. Easy snow and rock to the summit. Walk off to the west where you descend and meet up with the East Rosebud trail. Bring lots of stubby screws, a few thin pins, wires and cams. All in all the best early season ice I've climbed in this area!
Get after it.
ps. most other established routes in the area were nothing more than running with water.
Kristoffer Erickson
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