Skylight, II, WI 5, M 5

Pitch 2, 120’, WI 4/The guidebook suggest WI 5 somewhere on this climb, but we did not see any hint of that. Nor do you need to use the rock at all unless you want to stem up this second pitch which makes the climbing quite a bit easier. Move the belay deep into the base of the pitch so that the belayer will not be exposed to falling debris. The ice is much thicker on this pitch than the first pitch and we could place screws at will in mid January. It was also quite kicked and picked out. Top out below a short curtain above on a large snow ledge. Skylight, II, WI 5, M 5, Camp Bird Road, Ouray, CO, January, 2011