Twin is thin

Submitted by Hamilton on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 12:53
Pete Tapley and I made the trek to Twin Falls yesterday. In general things are still pretty thin but given more cold weather we should have some good ice fairly soon. Only left twin had any substantial ice (but still thin and loose). We watched the ice calve off the right flow which made for unnerving climbing. Cleo's was mostly bare except for the last 30-40 feet. There's a few things coming in on the unnamed and black magic walls but again still thin. It looked like Genesis II was starting to form but not more than 1/2 way to the ground. Zack Attack is just beginning. There was lots of water running thanks to the recent snow - and there's quite a bit of snow up high. It's only a matter of time and cold weather now. [img]http://montanaice.com/forums/user_images/Hyalite07_0001.jpg[/img] Winter Dance [img]http://montanaice.com/forums/user_images/Hyalite07_0002.jpg[/img] Approach to Twin Falls [img]http://montanaice.com/forums/user_images/Hyalite07_0003.jpg[/img] Twin Falls [img]http://montanaice.com/forums/user_images/Hyalite07_0004.jpg[/img] Pete leading through the wetness [img]http://montanaice.com/forums/user_images/Hyalite07_0005.jpg[/img] View of the east side of the canyon

visited twin again on 11/3 with the junior mountaineering team; we found much better conditions and reasonable protection on the left falls. the right side isn't far behind. other lines in the canyon were barely starting to form with over easy (aka alpine-like) and gII looking like the next likely candidates for the main fork.

The level of stokage was high on the team today after our first outing ice climbing for the season. We trudged through pockets of snow up the trail and were pleasantly surprised by the amount of ice. We just climbed the lower 10 or 20 meters of the left flow. The upper section of the flow is quite climbable, but with a group of nine it was not possible. The right flow is also coming in quite nicely. Overall, great day ~Kt + Phil
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