Here is a place where you can GO OFF! About anything related (or unrelated) to ice climbing in Montana.
With the wacky weather and snow conditions we've been having this winter, many people have been under the impression that the ice climbing conditions are not very good. Quite the contrary.
Does anybody have any information on the Eeny Meeney Miny Cowen traverse? Has it been done? If so, where can I get any beta? If not, who has tried it? If no one has tried it, why not?
I've been lucky enough to have only good experiences while climbing in Montana, both with the climbing itself and other climbers, until today.
Hyalite in particular has so many options that if someone else beat you to your intended destination, it really isn't too difficult to readjust your plans and find something else to climb. Or simply wait until the first party has completed the route and is safely out of the way before you give it a shot.
Two guys once upon a time skied 14 miles for a pitch of ice.
One joked to the other how it is always really annoying when people ask "how do you know it isn't going to fall down on you?". Karmic? The entire climb groaned when that feller was following the pitch... Writhing in pain upon return to the car it was decidedly a
"Piece of Cake" (WI4+), 120', Montana.
(in memory of Mark Givens, the original 'Mr. Top Ten' and former Bozeman Ice Fest competitor, who would have turned 40 this week)
Hello Jim, Jojo and Montana Ice-
Just wanted to post a quick note that the 13th annual "Waterfall Ice" Festival is only 20 days away! February 18-21, 2011 in CODY, WYOMING. We appreciate your support and we are excited that some of you are coming down this year.
We will have a special raffle items and the "Devil's Tower Gratitude" donation for silent auction to benefit our friend Echo Oak. As many of you know Echo fell 200ft off Smooth Emerald Milk Shake on Saturday Jan.15, 2011 up Deer Creek canyon here in Cody. I was glad to see her alive upon my ar
Soooooo this would be more appropriate for the Cold Fear site but, I can't seem to make that work right now.
If you were going to Cody for your first time to climb ice and you were a WI 5 capable team with a week to burn what would you do? Any opinions on Mid February in Cody? Would love to do some greatest hits and get some mileage in. Is Bison Willy's still an option? If not, what would you recommend for a cheap place to stay? All help, including stoke photos, appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe in CDA.
I was on Hulu the other day doing a search on "climbing" and found Beyond Gravity. Check it out! It has some great footage of Robson.
