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Re: Ice Climbing potential in RRG?
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:04 pm
by cliftongifford
went down today, along with several other short flows. ice is nice.
Re: Ice Climbing potential in RRG?
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:05 pm
by cliftongifford
grayson lake, not the red... but still in KY.
Re: Ice Climbing potential in RRG?
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:32 am
by mike_a_lafontaine
Yeah, there's one or two spots in Kentucky that have decent ice...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1 ... 1519069981
OK, aparently this is the public link...
Re: Ice Climbing potential in RRG?
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:08 am
by LK Day
Nice, thick, climbable ice does form in the Gorge from time to time.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 0547868079
Problem is, favorable conditions for ice formation generally exist within a very short window of time. Makes me think that that the drips with truly spectacular potential, like the one off the lip of the big rockhouse near Eagle Point Buttress might be 100 year events, if they ever come in.
Re: Ice Climbing potential in RRG?
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:14 am
by mike_a_lafontaine
While nice ice lines would be nice in the gorge, I'm content with the 3 or 4 lines (ranging from 50-70 feet) that form within a mile from my house! They take about a week and a half of cold weather to form solid enough to be top-ropped, last year when we had about three weeks of cold, they were leadable. This year, with the yo-yo temps, they have formed and melted three times already!