Cold and white gold!

Back from the Cats and finally got on some ice this season. Peter Andrzejczak (pronounced exactly as it's spelled) and I got up for 2 days of killer weather and budding ice conditions.

Saturday we got on Sun Wall in Stoney Clove for some pillar action and our first days on ice.  Great way to warm up and get the swing down again.  We awoke to 24 degrees and it never broke freezing.

 

After lunch it was off to Deep Notch, a lesser known area of the Cats.  It sits higher in elevation that most other major climbing areas and has very reliable ice.  We headed for the gem, Long Dong (WI3-).

We did it in 2 pitches.  Here's Peter finishing the second pitch.  Great leads and solid fun!

We awoke Sunday to 1 degree and crystal clear skies.  We liked Deep Notch's ice so much, that we headed back.  We hiked up and hit up a bunch of nice lines, names unknown. 

A nice pillar, short but stout

Peter with the screaming barfies

Flying the Colors