Petzl has announced a recall of certain batches of NOMIC (U021AA00) and ERGONOMIC (U022AA00) ice axes due to a risk of breakage at the handle that could cause the climber to fall. The Petzl warning advises climbers to stop using the affected ice axes immediately and contact its customer service department for a handle replacement. Please refer to the English version official recall information for full details. Includes: technical details, products impacted, how to submit a recall and FAQs.
OK OK OK - I stand a bit corrected. After the meltdown we went through and in spite of the longer days and the stronger March sun - some the ice in some places has kind-of come back. In fact to the extent conditions looks a bit like they often do in the very early season.
AVALANCHE DREAMS: A Memoir of Skiing, Climbing and Life
Louis Dawson describes his life in six sections with each one representing a different era of his life. The forty-three short chapters flow smoothly and keep the reader wanting to explore one more episode at each reading.
Yale Gully -
WI 2 II
A bit of fun technical ice at the start leads to fun snow climbing that takes you to the Alpine Garden. Many use the initial bulges as a practice area.
My once-keen analytical mind has become so dulled by endless hours of baking in the hot sun, thrashing about in tight chimneys, pulling at impossibly heavy loads, freezing my ass off.... so that now my mental state is comparable to that of a Peruvian Indian, well stoked on coca leaves..
—Warren Harding
Tom Laskey just right of Hitchcock on a sunny 35 degree March day.
right side of Mt Willard
Selected Ice Conditions effective March 26, 2026
It's hard to tell what's actually climbable out there and what's not right now. Honestly, it's the time of year when things are just constantly changing. For the most part you'll just have to get a very early start, go somewhere & hope for the best. Sure some climbs will be more likely hanging around a bit longer, but it's questionable. And YES, today's pictures are from Wednesday because the predictions were for chance of rain or light snow on Thursday. And of course it's not doing either...why am I not surprised?
Huntington Ravine
numerous options
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
possible
Dracula
still in
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One Of Our Articles: Another Day At Ducks Head (a.k.a. Trollville)
Duck's Head (Trollville) is a great place to toprope or to get your mixed climbing skills in order. This day was a particularly great time...plus we ran into a couple of mixed-masters and got to watch them at work!
Climbing is a very dangerous sport. You can get hurt or even kill yourself. When you go climbing, you do so of your own free will. Everything on this site is to be taken with a grain of salt. Don't blame us if you get up some totally heinous route, in over your head and fall and hurt yourself.
