Ice Climbs - Various Areas

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  The Ampitheater

The Ampitheater at Frankenstein Cliff in NH
(Note the climber in yellow on Pegasus and the climber in blue on The Cave Route)

While most of the ice climbing I've done in the northeast has been focused in the Adirondacks, I've done a few routes in other areas as well. In 2005, we decided to make a couple of trips to major ice climbing venues like Frankenstein Cliff and Smuggler's Notch. The routes I've climbed are listed below and I hope to climb more in the next few seasons.

1) Catskill Mountains -- New York
Route Name
Grade
Pitches
Date
Partner
Comments
  Buttermilk Falls
WI 4
7
2/1/03
J. Valderrama
  Ichabod Crane
WI 3
1
12/1/02
J. Valderrama

  Mephisto Waltz
WI 5
1
1/30/05

Top-roped
  The Advocate
WI 5
1
1/30/05

Top-roped
  Coal Kill Falls
 WI 3
 1
 3/4/05
 F. Danila


2) Mount Washington Valley -- New Hampshire
Route Name
Grade
Pitches
Date
Partner
Comments
  Standard Route
WI 3+
3
2/19/05
F. Danila
  Pegasus (Rock Finish)
5.6 WI 3+
2
2/20/05
F. Danila
Followed
  Chia
WI 3+
1
2/20/05
F. Danila
  Standard Left
 WI 3
 2
 1/28/06
 F. Danila
  Elephant's Head Gully
 WI 3+
 1
 1/29/06
 F. Danila
  Smear
 WI 3-4
 2
 2/2/08
 M. Chen
  Pegasus
 WI 4
 2
 2/2/08
 M. Chen
  The Penguin
 WI 4
 3
 2/3/08
 M. Chen


3) Delaware Water Gap -- Pennsylvania
Route Name
Grade
Pitches
Date
Partner
Comments
  Tammany Icefall
WI 3-
1
1/18/03
F. Danila


4) Smuggler's Notch - Vermont
Route Name
Grade
Pitches
Date
Partner
Comments
  Blue Ice Bulge
 WI 3-4
 2
 2/26/05
 F. Danila
  Elephant's Head Gully
 WI 3
 2
 3/12/05
 F. Danila
 Led Pitch 1
  Watership Down
 WI 3+/4+
 1
 3/12/05
 F. Danila
  Ent Gully
 WI 2
 2
 2/4/06
 F. Danila
 Soloed
  Dave's Snotcicle
 WI 3+
 2
 12/8/07
 M. Chen
  Blind Fate
 WI 4
 2
 3/2/08
 M. Chen
  Grand Confusion
 WI 3+
 1
 3/8/08
 F. Danila
 Soloed


5) Summit County and Ouray - Colorado
Route Name
Grade
Pitches
Date
Partner
Comments
  Spiral Staircase
 WI 3-4
 1
 3/21/05
 D. Shepherd
  The Pencil
 WI 4
 1
 3/21/05 D. Shepherd Followed
  Rooster's Roost
 WI 3-4
 1
 2/17/06
 F. Danila
  Chockstone Chimney
 WI 3-4
 1
 2/18/06
 F. Danila
  Chock Up Another One
 WI 3-4
 1
 2/18/06
 F. Danila
 Followed
  Slip Slidin Away
 WI 4
 2
 2/18/06
 F. Danila
  Powerline Gully
 WI 3
 1
 2/18/06
 F. Danila
 Followed
  Dexter Creek Icefall
 WI 3-4
 2
 2/19/06
 F. Danila
  Snyder Fallls
 WI 3
 1
 2/21/06
 F. Danila
  Lincoln Falls
 WI 3-5
 2
 2/23/06
 F. Danila
 Led Pitch 2


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Photos
Elephant's Head
 Elephant's Head Action
Felix on P1 of Elephant's Head Gully (Smuggler's Notch).
 Felix in action on Elephant's Head Gully, during a snowstorm which dropped 12" of new snow.


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