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- Statistics:
- Date Hiked: April 8, 2006
- Miles Hiked: 2.0 (Estimate)
- Elevation Gain: 500' (Estimate)
- Hiking Partner(s): Doug Shaw
- Routes: WI3-4 (6 Pitches)
- Description:
- I wanted to head out to the mountains and had to decide between hiking
or ice climbing. I've thoroughly enjoyed my new found hobby and
wanted to get some more use out of my tools. The ice climbing season
is rather limited too, so it made sense to go climbing again. I
hooked up with Doug to check out Lincoln Falls. It seemed as though
the entire flow was in. Climber's left had some varying routes that
required natural anchors. The middle gully is two or three pitches
that had bolts. The far right curtain was mostly in; however, the
left portion of the curtain which receives the most sun had fallen.
The curtain has bolts available and a walk up to the right.
- We started on the curtain which to me was definitely the most
difficult climbing. It was vertical and wasn't hooked or kicked out
too much. For me this increases the difficulty because there are
limited places to rest or shake out. These pitches were short but
sustained vertical. I thought it went WI5, but Doug thought it was
too short to reach that rating. After a couple of runs each on the
curtain, we hiked across the top of the main gully and rapped down the
left side of the flow. We made a couple of runs here and then I had
to head back to Denver. Everything we did was top-roped.
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