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Kyler P and I had been eyeing the yellow thing about 150m left of Fact or Flander during the last few trips up to the flanders drainage. We went up there and climbed it on sunday. The rock was decent, there was good (at least existant) pro through the crux. The best piece was a runner threaded through a space between two cobbles before getting onto the ice. We climbed the route in two pitches, but it is reccomended to do the route in one long pitch as the belay for the second pitch poor in both good peices and protection from falling ice.

we had a good crew in hyalite this weekend. Sunday went up near cleos/twin to have gander and the array of cicles looming above. -there?s a bunch! myself and Josh climbed just left of the Shimmy, as Pete (T.) and Travis went up the Shim proper. josh and i had a super pitch with quality ice. Pete got an exciting and vibratious pitch on the shimmy-cicle (he enjoyed himself :shock: ). -Pete feel free to reflect!. as for the other ice...

is not in - see my post under JoJo's "Ice Fest and misc routes..." for pics.

Sunday I climbed what I believed to be the right route of the "Right Side Routes" in Flanders as described in Winter Dance. It was a great day but the approach was much too long for a short section of subpar ice. Monday, Jared Otto and I climbed Champagne Sherbert and found it to be in very good condition, it was a bit wet below the steep section. Wednesday, Dano and I climbed the left side of Palisade falls. We found it to be dry with many mushroom formations. The right side appeared very wet. Today (Thurs) Dano and I had an awesome day on Horsetail Falls.

Climbed Narcolepsy with Ted Wood yesterday. Good spindrift and brittle ice made for a fun (albeit slightly cold) time out. Lovely climb! Doesn't seem like it'll replenish (until spring and warmer temps get some flow going again?). Took 1hr 20min to the base (on someone else's bootpack, thanks!). Passed Lurking Smear on the way, which is now thin ice at the bottom, not the 40 ft of rock climbed in the early season. That looked like a fun climb as well!

that is great that so many routes are in. i was scoping a line up and left of genesis one. i dont know if it has been climbed before because I couldnt see any tool marks from the road. another observation was that there were a lot of people at the genesis one climb. weekends are popular these days! it is above genesis one but a little lower than genesis two and to the left (north). it is a flow of ice that is maybe 40 feet long and 5-6 feet wide. it goes up from the ground and then snakes slightly left after about twenty feet.

Hi All, In case folks are headed to Hyalite this weekend, it is advised to be aware of the Bozeman Ice Festival going on this weekend. Friday, December 1 will be at Genesis 1 (GI). Saturday and Sunday, December 2 and 3, will be at GI, GII, Mummy II/Sceptre, and Palisade Falls (and possibly Twin Falls). Sorry for any inconvenience for any body wishing to head to those climbs this weekend. But don't despair, the best ice year in the last 10 is upon us and there are tons of easy, moderate and hard routes to go do.

[size=24][b]BOZEMAN ICE FESTIVAL SLIDESHOW SCHEDULE[/b][/size] [size=18]***all shows begin at 7:30pm at the Baxter Ballroom*** Thursday [b]VINCE ANDERSON[/b] "Debauchery and the Rupal Face" Friday [b]MARK WILFORD[/b] "Nenang: the World's Highest Unclimbed Peak" Saturday [b]IAN PARNELL[/b] "Climbing on the Roof of the World" ***all shows are 5 bucks and proceeds benefit the ALCF's Khumbu Climbing School and the Southwest Montana Climber's Coalition***[/size]

I thought there used to be a forum specifically for this, but it seems to have disappeared.? With the Ice Fest coming up, and more snow coming in soon, this is a place to post your observations on the driving conditions getting to the Hyalite routes.

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