Airborne Ranger
On Friday mi hermano y yo leaped into Hylite for a quick run up to Cleo?s but found a team breaking a fine trail ahead of us with the same objective in mind. To our surprise there was more than just Cleo's to accommodate two parties. Airborne Ranger is making a fine showing at the moment, hanging proudly all the way down with a very fat upper section making this climb a 5+ gem of great challenging ice. This is one not to miss if you are in the neighborhood.
Airborne Ranger
Thanks Adam for the post. On your call Pat Wolfe and I went to visit Airborne Ranger and found it to be as you described. Super fat and not too juicy. It was a pleasure to draft week old placements and have the confidence the ice has been tested.
Pat on the first pitch. Even though we are only 5% above average for snow it feels biblical phat in comparison to the past few years. The first cliff is buried.
The pillar has reformed from the Alex shear line and is very solid (and will be so for another week or so).
We took snow shoes after reading Adam and Eric?s post about the deluxe trail. It has snowed much in the ensuing days! We were up to our waists post-holing. We should have taken skis.
This fellow made his fruit boots out of a pair of baseball cleats. A bit of motivation for you young guys to get creative with an old pair of crampons and whatever boot you might find.