Park at the Shoshone rest area, and cross the river. This can be challenging without an ice bridge. Don’t walk across the dam, that’s illegal. Also, stay off the tracks on the approach to the climb, as you are technically tresspassing.
There are several lines here. The right side is usually the easiest. The last pitch climbs ice into a roof and is the crux. Rap from v-threads and then a tree above the first pitch.
The mixed line on the left side of the amphitheater looks great.
Hayden Carpenter and Tom Bohanon recently repeated an obscure ice climb on the south side of Mt Sopris. Given a brief mention in Jack Robert’s ice guide, Bulldog Creek Walk is described as being 100 meters of WI 4. What they found was seven pitches of ice in a remote setting that makes for one […]
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