TPF ice

<p>**Road through the golf course to the fork was easy to bike but was a mix of clear asphalt, icy surface, or ploughed snow scraped almost clear. Beyond the fork is ice covered with new snow. Today was reasonable traction. **First three pitches were great condition and dry. Fourth pitch had an easily avoidable wet streak. Higher pitches in good shape with only one pitch being somewhat wet. **There was around 10cm of recent snow. It worked nice for catching falling ice between pitches but also factored into our consideration of avi risk. While winds were almost calm and we observed no transport of snow, it could become a factor once winds start moving the new snow around. The morning was sunny becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon. During the sunny part, my partner noted some pinwheeling on a sunny aspect on climbers right of the drainage. Ultimately despite what was probably acceptable snow conditions, we chose to skip the exposed walk to the final pitch. **There were 4 rope teams on the route, and all arrived at the base within a short time span. A soloist beat us there and made short work of the whole route. It was somewhat social climbing and it was nice to see the level of cooperation and accommodation between all. To speed things up a little, after the first pitch myself and partner climbed the right side of pitches 2 to 4. Traffic favoured the left side of these pitches but the right sides climbed and protected well. **A couple bolted anchors were getting hard to find under snow or ice. Here is a hint list for which side to look. P1 left. P2 left (dual stations). P3 (the W3 sometimes linked with P2) left. P4 right (getting covered with ice). P5 (short step leading to a short walk. Next two steps have anchors on the right. We descended from here so cant say definitively which side for the short step but look on the right after the final pitch.</p>

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Sunny, Warm.