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Ice - THOS

Grant P, Saturday 8th February, 2025 10:38PM
<p>This House Of Sky is in pretty decent condition. Lower couple of steps fairly dry. Middle has water running and wet to walk through. Upper pitches in the canyon have dry lines but a couple have some wet lines too. A couple parties ventured into the cirque and reported conditions as good. Snow wise there is very little snow around. Almost non in the valley and sunny aspects. Shady aspect had a little snow but in the cirque it looked like natural avalanches would be unlikely. There are however pockets visible in the pics that could be human triggered depending on conditions. I took a saw and took care of some deadfall. The fire has affected both sides of the canyon to varying degrees. I believe one of the biggest hazards currently would be the hanging deadfall from the fire. Gravity and wind could have them slide into the canyon so worth keeping an eye above you. Pic Nearby Unforgiven looked climbable but the crux would be getting past the steep section which is just a pillar right now. Pic GBU is there but definitely not in great shape yet. The sun and temps arent doing it any favours. Pic The Indifferent is there but I wouldn't attempt it. Anemic is a good description. Worth noting that the fires are still burning. At the staging for THOS there were several hotspots smoldering visible after dark and would flame up and die. Walking out from the base to the car there was at least one spot had a tree burning good. Pic Some snow would help the climbs, walking between pitches, and reducing the fires.</p>

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