Waterfall Canyon : Photos, Diagrams & Topos : SummitPost

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tuntun - Dec 4, 2006 1:16 am - Voted 10/10

Beautiful..

It is beautiful photo. Congratulation for Photo of the Day.
Tun

mountaingazelle - Dec 4, 2006 5:24 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Beautiful..

Thank you, Tun, for the nice compliment!

Dan Dalton - Dec 4, 2006 10:28 pm - Voted 10/10

I'll second that

Great photo. Could you breifly explain the ice-climbing difficulty scale? Do they break up waterfall ice as a different system?

Dan

mountaingazelle - Dec 4, 2006 11:58 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: I'll second that

Thanks Dan, ice climbing has its own rating system. Here is a brief explanation.

WI – Waterfall Ice
AI – Alpine Ice
M – Mixed

The ratings are determined by how steep the route is and how difficult it is to place protection. So a WI1 route would be around 30°. A route rated WI5 would be an 85-90° ice climb.

After the technical rating is the estimated time such as a II, meaning the route would take half a day to climb for the average person.

Dan Dalton - Dec 5, 2006 12:29 am - Voted 10/10

Re: I'll second that

Sounds pretty similar to rock climbing, (what I am used to) with an extra steepness component added. Thanks for the quick clarification. I definately need to try this some time. It can get frustrating trying to find warm and dry crags this time of the year.

Dan