Hyalite Canyon Ice Conditions

Did Over Easy, Curtains and Slot Corner yesterday (Saturday, Feb 4). All were in great condition although Over Easy was brittle as hell and Slot Corner was sun baked. Curtains was juuust right. Land of the Lost looked lovely up above. There is a good trail beat in but there has not been a ton of traffic on these routes so they are not picked out with lots of fresh tracks to be had. We heard of multiple parties on Dribbles but there was just one other party here on one of the best splitter days in recent memory.

Climbed Matrix and Mummy II today. The Matrix was in fat, touching the snow cone as a thin pencil which quickly widens. You can safely leave the rock gear at home. Upped part was fat as well but VERY brittle. Mummy II was also in GREAT and very wet shape. More to my surprise was the lack of a bolted anchor on the left side. Descended via scepter. Any news on what happened to the belay? Scepter was purt near a waterfall over the ice. Would get very very wet while climbing it. She might need a break from traffic to form up a bit and hopefully then stop pissing. Cheers

Climbed Hangover yesterday and made the hike from the top of that to the top of Greensleeves and climbed all three lines there. This is a great way to approach the routes. From the top of Hangover go up the open slope into the trees and up to a small rock tower. Cut back right around a small outcrop and up into the trees where you can take a hard left back to the routes. They are pretty easy to find as there are slings on the trees along the top.