Bancroft area - Bow Lake, Eagle's Nest, Papineau Lake, Diamond Lake - February 6-7, 2010
Bow Lake
Rob Leblanc Stemming on Dirty Harry. Photo by Colin HuggardI joined 23 merry ACC Toronto members for the second Bancroft weekend ice-climbing trip. Thanks once again to Margaret for hosting the event, and to Rob for organising it.
Here are some photos and observations:
Bow Lake - looked fat from the road. Bumped into Josh later, who had climbed Red Rains at Bow Lake, so that's in.
Climbers on North Face of the Eiger and Blue Angel. Photo by Colin Huggard.
Janet Trost on Blue AngelEagle's Nest - getting fatter everywhere. The ice has finally reached the bottom of North Face of the Eiger (just in the corner) and Blue Angel, although it was too thin to take screws at the bottom. The tops of both climbs are in fine form.
Papineau Lake - East (Main) BluffsPapineau Lake - stopped to take a look at the main crag from across the lake. I'm not really sure what I was looking at (I've never climbed the routes there), but there was one fat flow and two thinner hard-looking columns. Would be worth checking out.
Guardian Angel at Sunset. Photo by Colin Huggard.
Where Egos Dare. Photo by Colin Huggard.Diamond Lake - also getting fatter. Distinct Society and Guardian Angel are both in now, although the top of Distinct Society is candled. There is a nice vertical column to climber's right of the tree on Guardian Angel. Where Posers Dare is still thin and seems to be sublimating away. Where Egos Dare - still thin in places, but good solid ice. Kermit's Finger - fat. Tammy Baker's Face - bottom still looked very thin from the lake. No Job Too Small at the far end of the crag even looked to be in.
I'm looking forward to the long weekend. Lots of good ice out there.
Danylo
