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The hogs had been cold and blustery, but the night brought more snow and wind. We awoke on the last day of the year to several inches of the white stuff in camp. Spidey's kids had had enough but essentially everyone else was up for some intimate contact with the snow. Tom organized a trip to Shamrock. He would thread the way, avoiding slickrock all the way to the canyon. Another group formed around doing Shimrock. I joined that one, Be got up top about 11:30 PM. Tom's group was right behind us. We took off and Basia joined us for a bit until I told her we were not going the same place Jerzy and Tom were.
We went down the Carmel slot to the normal entry. Even this involved a spot down low and a hand line up high. The normal way in has some steep slickrock. The other, more western entry is more technical. Or so i am told. I had not done it, but I had noticed a deadman in there 5 days earlier on the way to Shamrock. So as happens with snow, what is normally harder can become the easier option in snow. I said easier, not easy.
Two raps and a pair of captures were encountered in this fine fork. I will visit it again. The canyon was in full winter apparel. Snow coated the walls, filled the bottom, came down on us as spindrift avalanches from the rim....and it was snowing, at times hard.
The drops were spotted. The squeezes forced big boys to get help and most of came to resemble snowmen ourselves. At the confluence with Shamrock, all we saw was a note in snow and there prints heading down. The 2 hour canyon took over 4.5 hours, but delivered joy almost every step along the way.
First a picture from the day from mid canyon. One of those dang canyon secret keepers
tarp camping at the Thrax
What to do?
Tom and Mike are ready
The Spidey clan is ready for the road
Basia wanting in with us up top
A warm late morning stroll....not! Deeps in for his first slot of the trip. The grove's and the birthday boy follow
The bad idea that caught on
Mike and Ester
Tom at the Carmel drop
Esther's turn
Tom
Coming to the drop in
This shows the caution needed on snowy slickrock. Jenny demonstrates
Jenny leads into the western entry and readies to thigh belay. Peter on top sets a handline
Queuing on down
Peter and Chris having way too much fun
game time
1st rap. snow smeared off
looking back up at it
How old are you now, how old are you now?
Ester killin it
Spindrift avalanche. It can get pretty dark. Jenny delighted
These come in handy
Spindrift falling over the line of snow plastered to rock and bare rock
delicate
I love this one
This one too. Hi Chris!
happy
Plowing thru
frosty
A lot like fun.....
takes good concentration and care
More WOW!
A little B & W
Pterodactyl Snow
In Deeps of trouble
Going high
Wes not in the lead, with Jenny
Going low
Ms. Meat Anchor and LAWAR...I mean LAPAR
Cleaning up
Standard picture, this time draped in white
B & W
Striding out
More snow art
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We went down the Carmel slot to the normal entry. Even this involved a spot down low and a hand line up high. The normal way in has some steep slickrock. The other, more western entry is more technical. Or so i am told. I had not done it, but I had noticed a deadman in there 5 days earlier on the way to Shamrock. So as happens with snow, what is normally harder can become the easier option in snow. I said easier, not easy.
Two raps and a pair of captures were encountered in this fine fork. I will visit it again. The canyon was in full winter apparel. Snow coated the walls, filled the bottom, came down on us as spindrift avalanches from the rim....and it was snowing, at times hard.
The drops were spotted. The squeezes forced big boys to get help and most of came to resemble snowmen ourselves. At the confluence with Shamrock, all we saw was a note in snow and there prints heading down. The 2 hour canyon took over 4.5 hours, but delivered joy almost every step along the way.
First a picture from the day from mid canyon. One of those dang canyon secret keepers
tarp camping at the Thrax
What to do?
Tom and Mike are ready
The Spidey clan is ready for the road
Basia wanting in with us up top
A warm late morning stroll....not! Deeps in for his first slot of the trip. The grove's and the birthday boy follow
The bad idea that caught on
Mike and Ester
Tom at the Carmel drop
Esther's turn
Tom
Coming to the drop in
This shows the caution needed on snowy slickrock. Jenny demonstrates
Jenny leads into the western entry and readies to thigh belay. Peter on top sets a handline
Queuing on down
Peter and Chris having way too much fun
game time
1st rap. snow smeared off
looking back up at it
How old are you now, how old are you now?
Ester killin it
Spindrift avalanche. It can get pretty dark. Jenny delighted
These come in handy
Spindrift falling over the line of snow plastered to rock and bare rock
delicate
I love this one
This one too. Hi Chris!
happy
Plowing thru
frosty
A lot like fun.....
takes good concentration and care
More WOW!
A little B & W
Pterodactyl Snow
In Deeps of trouble
Going high
Wes not in the lead, with Jenny
Going low
Ms. Meat Anchor and LAWAR...I mean LAPAR
Cleaning up
Standard picture, this time draped in white
B & W
Striding out
More snow art
Featured image for home page:
