Bow Lake - Sunday, January 8, 2012

Tiago leading, Bow Lake, January 8, 2012Tiago playing on some steeper ice (lower part of Red Rains?), January 8, 2012Jon on the lower pillar of the Crystal Pillars, January 8, 2012Bow Lake ice in the sunshine, January 8, 2012Quentin tooling aroundSpent a nice day at Bow Lake with happy bunch of climbers - Quentin, Arie, Tiago, Margaret, Tosh, Jon, Kim, Alex, Doug.

We crossed Bow Lake on the ice staying close to the western shoreline. Lake ice was solid.

Conditions:

Generally speaking, the ice was still on the thin side (for Bow Lake), especially in the middle, but the two ramp routes were plenty thick enough to take good screws. Some of the ice up top was on the snicey/baked side.

Crystal Pillars - only one icicle/pillar touching down ("sequence of vertical pillars on the far left of the main icefall"? What sequence of vertical pillars?)
Centre Ramp - in
Right Ramp - in
Red Rain - not in
Touch of Zorro - not in

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