Conditions
Telluride
2/27/10
BVF is cruiser & mostly hooking now, though still pretty wild & spooky!
Ames is similarly hooked out, esp. on P 1 which is hard to protect (for the first 30 or so feet).
12/19/09
The Ames Ice Hose is in good shape, though is not easy (photo here taken on Dec. 19). Bridalveil is not quite “in” yet.
BVF in late February.
Cornet is in but thin for the last ten feet. Won’t last long when the sun comes back out.
The Ice Hose is easier now, with stubbies protecting the hooked out first pitch. All ice- all the way, after that.
Bridal Veil is barely in and has been climbed, but looked wet and tricky two days ago (thin and hollow up high).
Ingraham is in, but spooky avvy conditions stopped four of us just a short way from the route the same day we looked at Bridal Veil. Bring your avvy tools, and be cautious.
Nothing in the main Cracked Canyon route as yet, although the ramp to pillar thing is forming up canyon a bit.
Did Ingram Falls today. 2 hr approach up road and then 2 rappels to base of route. 1st pitch was steep, brittle and scary. Very happy just to follow it. 2nd pitch was good clean fun. Very classic climb!
Has any one got current conditions on Bridal Veil from last weekend?
bump for Bridalveil conditions???
Climbed Bridalveil today. Route is in excellent albeit hooked out condition. 1st pitch seems pretty reasonable this year. 2nd pitch is the business, steep with good hooks and pro. Very cool.