Ice - Louise Falls
Grant P,
Wednesday 23rd October, 2024 9:33PM
<p>**Trail is icy around the Chateau to below the climb. The trail on the lake is a little better.
**Climb is in great shape, no doubt because of the recent cold snap.
**Left side start is blue hero ice. Right side start is ok but not as nice looking.
**left pillar is closed off behind so no walking behind in the cave. It has a great chimney up the middle, easily started from the middle cave. Wide stemming, good sticks, and 3 dimensional fun. Good screws.
**Right pillar is thinner than it looks and not as consolidated behind as it looks from the front. It is as steep as it looks though.
**Above the pillar the climbing is good but the ice is starting to get sun affected and placing screws may mean a little chopping away surface ice. Climb gets morning sun but shade covers the climb mid afternoon.
**Walk off has a fair amount of avi debris/spindrift across it making the "path" narrow in places and high consequence if someone were to slip. The snow is hard and crusty.</p>
Location: 51.40846235 -116.24084113