First Sticks, Hyner Amphitheater, Bucktail Canyon
January 20, 2007
This past week we have finally started to experience winter weather. ( It has been unseasonably warm since the second week of December). We decided it was time to head to Lock Haven / Renovo to see if the ice was forming. The conditions in all three of the main areas, Roadside Gully, Hidden Amphitheater, and Gemini Gullies, are far from in due to the large amount of runoff from last week’s rain event. Seed ice has started to form along the sides of the gullies but open water flows in all three areas. We will need many nights of very cold temps to slow these flows and solidify them.
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Roadside Gully 01/20/07 |
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Hidden Amphitheater 01/20/07 |
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Gemini Gullies 01/20/07 |
I did get first sticks of the season on ice formed on the avalanche fence that protects the railroad. This has formed at the base of Loner Gully just south of the Gemini Gullies from water splashed up on it. At this point we will take what we can get.
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First Sticks of the Season! Notice no crampons. |
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Hyner Amphitheater |
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Tom Mrotek comtemplating the mixed finish on this pillar. |
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Dave Eisenhower getting his ice fix. |






