With such a killer snowpack this year, its hard to give up a free day to do something other than skiing. However, there are other activities that are good cross training for ski mountaineering objectives, so we justified going ice climbing for a day in the Boulders. Plus climbing in the mountains is always fun. Drew and I climbed mostly moderate ice, with some steeper variations. Marc and Drew had been up to this spot earlier in the season, but had climbed a different pillar, so a few options existed. Here’s a couple photos.
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- The flow
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- Drew approaching the base
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- Bottom of the climb
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- Fun moves off the belay
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- Rappelling on v-threads, never a dull moment while ice climbing!
-Clark
