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Hola, Chris awe and I headed up to Cali Ice today (thu 11-17). It was in excelent lean conditions. The ice in the aproach gully was thin and we busted through many times. Ice on the route was in for the most part and it was a stellar day in the Beartooths! GO GET IT Josh [img]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c371/snowgage/1234.jpg[/img] Chris on the First Pitch

Trekked out to the East Rosebud on friday to look at California Ice. She no go! All of the WI2 steps were absolutely running with water, and you could see a few holes in the upper pitches. I'm sure someone could do it but were wimps! Oh well, maybe in a week or two. Lots of huge rocks to look at though. When will it all be ripe!? Spencer

:lol: On Tuesday Joe josephson, Douglas Stoup and myself repeated what we believe to be the route "Ice Dragons" in the East Rosebud drainage. Although the grade is far from what the first ascentionist reported it to be, it seems a likely match. We found 1000+ feet of grade 3 mixed climbing. Five of the pitches were on mostly good ice, thin in places, with the sixth pitch requiring some scratchy climbing on a slab to reach the snow and rock that deposits you 300ft below the summit plateau. Easy snow and rock to the summit.

Temps in the canyon hovered in the upper 40's, making the ice sweetly wet. [img]http://www.beartoothclimbing.net/AntiductDaniel.JPG[/img] The right side of the upper curtain went at 4+. The curtain itself was solid at the time, if you wanted to attack it straight on. The left side even showed new signs of possible mixed lines. [img]http://www.beartoothclimbing.net/AntiductUpperCurtain.JPG[/img] There is another line just to the right which is in, that does not form often.

We climbed Silver Falls on a freezing, sub-zero day. Ice was brittle, and even decided to crack and shudder while on lead. Very exciting. There's plenty of ice and it's in grade 4 shape. You can also ski the whole way in. There are a few boulders to dodge on the way out. One more storm should pack out the trail well. Ari Greenberg

Climbed at Hellroaring Falls in East Rosebud canyon on Saturday Jan 8th. Ice was fat and sticky with good warm inversion temps. Road is easily accessible, even after the 3 inches of snow we got during the day.

Friday we went to bridal veil falls wich is up Clarks Fork canyon. this climb needs a lot of cold weather to be in condition to climb. we found it in probably 4 plus condition. On a cold day this is a great climb that should not be missed, also the alpine rock potential up the canyon is endless for those of you with a adventurous spirit.

Hi, Soloed a WI2+ 200' route up in uper Rock Creek Canyon above Shelf Lake at the Western end of the Hellroaring Plateau. Have not noticed it form in years past, so I was curious if anyone out there has climbed it. Will post photos soon. Thanks, - n - ps - Rock Creek Falls are in, but look to be getting a bit smaller over the past few weeks.

Very little snow at the lake but after you get about 2.5 miles in the snow gets to be up to your calves. Sand Dune falls pillar is touching on the left side and is in WI6 condtion and the right side is pretty fat with an easier line up. Everything is in pretty good condtion all the way up the canyon, we beat the trail down for about 4 miles in. California ICE is big and blue. The road all the way in is in good condtion no snow drifts. Aaron Mulkey

Last wed. we went to sand dune only to find that the pillar has fallen down. The temps. where in the 50's and it was a raging water fall. Untill the weather changes up there the only climbs that are in good condition are up high, such as california ice. Hope for cold, cold, cold!!!