tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12770896507683828342011-12-13T08:00:24.426-07:00Up dates, new route information, and ice conditions, for the San Juan Ice Climbs Guidebook published in 2009 by Damon JohnstonDamon Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12084048393623616607noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277089650768382834.post-23217601834673781452008-12-07T22:04:00.024-07:002010-01-06T17:45:19.118-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V4NKmp5XEa0/SajBaeeZO2I/AAAAAAAAANQ/whAOqJCJgbo/s1600-h/TMC+ice+guide+low.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V4NKmp5XEa0/SajBaeeZO2I/AAAAAAAAANQ/whAOqJCJgbo/s400/TMC+ice+guide+low.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307704821457435490" border="0" /></a>Special thanks to the Telluride Mountain Club (TMC) for helping to make Bridal Veil Falls legal to climb. And to Steve Johnson for dedicating long hours of legal work to the cause! Cheers<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >1-6-10: The 2009-10 winter season is here. Things have been forming well. Photos taken 1/6/10.<br /></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V4NKmp5XEa0/S0UuRKd5QxI/AAAAAAAAATI/WEGTvJhqxr4/s1600-h/IMG_0806.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V4NKmp5XEa0/S0UuRKd5QxI/AAAAAAAAATI/WEGTvJhqxr4/s400/IMG_0806.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423792198640026386" border="0" /></a>(click on image to make larger, or drag to desktop to zoom in) Photo: BV Falls 1-6-10<br /><br /><click on="" photos="" to="" see="" larger=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bridal Veil Falls</span> • in for sure, thin at the top (see photo).</click><br /><click on="" photos="" to="" see="" larger=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ingram Falls </span>• the main pillar has not formed, BUT the climbers left is in and a fun WI4, 200'.</click><br /><click on="" photos="" to="" see="" larger=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Fang</span> is not in yet.</click><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><click on="" photos="" to="" see="" larger=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ames</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Ice Hose</span> is in but thin on the first pitch, mixed on the second pitch (feet on rock, tools in narrow ice), and "fatter" on top. </click><click on="" photos="" to="" see="" larger=""><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ames</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Falls</span> is in all the way--phat!</click><click on="" photos="" to="" see="" larger=""><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Silver Pick Pillar</span><span> (I have not had a chance to get down valley to have a look yet).<br /></span></click><div><click on="" photos="" to="" see="" larger=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Royer Gulch</span> mostly in--thin to mixed at the top-outs.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></click><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Bone Area</span><span> not in</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Crack Canyon Ice Pillar </span><span>not in</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bear Creek</span> in and phat!<br /><br /><click on="" photos="" to="" see="" larger="">more photos on the way...</click></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1277089650768382834-2321760183467378145?l=sanjuaniceclimbs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Damon Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12084048393623616607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277089650768382834.post-54215059819840302542008-11-25T17:59:00.002-07:002008-12-19T17:23:03.256-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V4NKmp5XEa0/SSyfvzqX77I/AAAAAAAAAJE/pODirzJ8j7M/s1600-h/BV+route+map+FINAL+11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V4NKmp5XEa0/SSyfvzqX77I/AAAAAAAAAJE/pODirzJ8j7M/s400/BV+route+map+FINAL+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272764907414613938" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1277089650768382834-5421505981984030254?l=sanjuaniceclimbs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Damon Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12084048393623616607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277089650768382834.post-78945843866841827992008-11-25T17:53:00.003-07:002008-12-19T17:25:04.519-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V4NKmp5XEa0/SSyezytLlyI/AAAAAAAAAI8/BLwv9_BhoWE/s1600-h/BV+rules+sheet+FINAL+11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V4NKmp5XEa0/SSyezytLlyI/AAAAAAAAAI8/BLwv9_BhoWE/s400/BV+rules+sheet+FINAL+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272763876365801250" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1277089650768382834-7894584386684182799?l=sanjuaniceclimbs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Damon Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12084048393623616607noreply@blogger.com0