Hyalite Canyon Ice Conditions

Trudged up to Through Four More yesterday only to find the bottom very thin and sketchy. I'm not going to say it can't be climbed because there appear to be exciting, interesting lines both to the left and right of the large overhanging block of choss "rock" in the center for the first step. However, after going up 10 or 15 feet and getting one OK piton I decided it wasn't worth risking my ankles on the committing, unprotectable moves above:

My buddy Kyle and I climbed Killer Pillar yesterday.  Its in really fat and was an awesome climb.  We stomped out a pretty good bootpack so the hike shouldn't be too bad. Also the ice was pretty chandeliered, but that should be all cleand up from us climbing it.  The snow was a little unstable so be careful if you hike out there.

I'm also attaching a couple of pictures of The Big Sleep in case anyone is wondering what that is looking like right now.

Is Avi Gulch in?  Mummy 3/4 or Zach Attack?  Yo beta helps!!  Thanks,  Joe

 A buddy and I climbed the Dribbles on Tuesday.  It was really cold that day so the ice on the first two pitches was really hard and brittle, but the third pitch was catching sun all day and was nothing short of hero ice.  It was pure joy to climb. There was no evidence that anyone had climbed it since maybe the ice fest.  Its definitely in good condition, go get it.

We went into Flanders yesterday to climb Killer Pillar. We found the road to the Flanders trailhead still in good shape and the trail sill hikable, though we were a bit faster on skis. Things might have changed overnight, I think it was supposed to snow again. Killer Pillar is good, Bobo Like's first pitch is non-existent, and The Big Sleep is about 1/3 of the way down.

Killer Pillar, Dec 16, 2012

 We bolted a new mixed route yesterday just to the right of fat chance in the amphitheater.  The route begins in the easy mixed corner twenty feet right of the main ice flow.  A medium size stopper or . 4 camelot will protect the corner up to the stance below the bolts.  A fixed stopped is the first piece protecting you to the first bolt. Solid hooks take you past the first two bolts and into a fair runout to the third bolt.  The climbing is secure and straightforward.

 My buddy and I made it up Palisade Falls for the first time yesterday.  Pretty sweet.  A little wet towards the center/right, but we just hung left.

 Went up to responsible today. There was a 4 inch windslab in the gully, but nothing slid even when using horizontal rappeling technique. Responsible itself is in great shape.

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