North East Ice

Willoughby Ice Report: That’s Willoughby in the background. There isn’t any ice. But the rock climbing over at Wheeler was good fun.

ortovox Brand Man Rand came out of retirement (see his classic Sportivas in photo 2) for a jaunt up VJ/Standard to the top of Wheeler Mountain, including a little shwackery (see photo 5).

I lived in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom for five years and I climb at Willoughby weekly in the winter, but I hadn’t been up on Wheeler for probably a decade. Certainly a lovely emerald corner of the Green Mountain State.
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MEMBER HIGHLIGHT:

Meet Tad Welch. You may recognize his name from the Adirondack Rock guidebook as listed for his notable first ascents, or as seen in the guidebook blurb on the development of Sole Fusion.

Sole Fusion - a 5.10c slab climb at Sugarloaf Mountain in the southern Adirondacks - was developed in a traditional ground-up approach, first by Tad and later with the help of Jim Lawyer.

We asked Tad to expand on his experience with this route - from soloing the first pitch to leading the route with hardware store rivets as protection.

We hope you enjoy Tad’s story as much as we did!
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📸: jimlawyer photo of Tad leading Sole Fusion.

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“A stairway to darkness in the blink of an eye”- No More Tears.

If you enjoy Wiessner routes, you must also enjoy the Barber ones. There are rules. Here, Josh finds the jams and the balance.

They Died Laughing, 5.9. Hot Henry 1972. ...

I just picked up two new dmm_wales lockers at rockandsnow . Inside the tech notice it shows two very important details- especially important for you girth hitch master point people out there. The tech notice is that pamphlet that comes with all gear that usually just gets tossed.

1. Caution if you place more than 12mm of material in the ends. If you do you reduce the carabiner strength.
2. Your maximum external angle shall not exceed 120 degrees.

3. No overused R words utilized in this post. The internet continues to melt. ...

We bought 2! Get yours now and support the Ice Park! Hit up nwalpinegear website for yours.

The ourayicepark teamed up with the folks at NW Alpine Gear to bring you the Limited Edition Ouray Black Spider Hoody! Only a small amount of these unique hoodies are being made, which feature the colors of the Ouray Ice Park and original artwork by Stefan Bast. All hoodies are made in Oregon, USA.

For every hoody that is purchased, nwalpinegear will donate $100 dollars to our fundraiser to rebuild the Trestle bridge!
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❗️THE ACC HAS RESPONDED TO RT. 73 PARKING CLOSURES ❗️

We recently mailed a letter to the DEC, DOT, state representatives and other local agencies regarding the parking closures along Route 73. These closures were a huge surprise to climbers, hikers, and locals alike. Many climbers and locals reached out to us for direction on an appropriate response.
After lots of work and many conversations with state officials to understand the situation, we are pleased that our response is being shared and read by people with the power make change. The link our letter is in our LinkTree!

Are you interested in writing a your own letter to the state? The Access Fund has issued an “Access Alert” for this area and has provided an online letter-writing tool where you can easily submit a personal letter to the appropriate agencies. The link to this is also in our LinkTree.

We highly encourage anyone who feels inspired to write to our local representatives. The more attention drawn to this issue, the greater the likelihood is for change!

As always, for any comments, questions, or feedback, please DM us or send an email to [email protected]
Thank you all for your continued support!
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#adk #adirondacks #adkrock #rockclimbing #rockclimberintraining #adirondackclimberscoalition #adkclimber #adirondackclimberscoalition #rockclimbing #lifeisbetterwhenclimbing #neice #adkice #northeastice #northeastclimbing #climbing #adirondackmountains #jointheacc #protectyourclimb #climberadvocacy #protectourpubliclands ...

Willoughby Ice Report: That’s Willoughby in the background. There isn’t any ice. But the rock climbing over at Wheeler was good fun.

ortovox Brand Man Rand came out of retirement (see his classic Sportivas in photo 2) for a jaunt up VJ/Standard to the top of Wheeler Mountain, including a little shwackery (see photo 5).

I lived in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom for five years and I climb at Willoughby weekly in the winter, but I hadn’t been up on Wheeler for probably a decade. Certainly a lovely emerald corner of the Green Mountain State.
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#neiceconditions #northeastice
#voiceofthemountains #redNEK #northeastkingdom #vermontclimbing #vermontrock #802 #northeastrock #mountainproject #slabclimbing ...

We bought 2! Get yours now and support the Ice Park! Hit up nwalpinegear website for yours.

The ourayicepark teamed up with the folks at NW Alpine Gear to bring you the Limited Edition Ouray Black Spider Hoody! Only a small amount of these unique hoodies are being made, which feature the colors of the Ouray Ice Park and original artwork by Stefan Bast. All hoodies are made in Oregon, USA.

For every hoody that is purchased, nwalpinegear will donate $100 dollars to our fundraiser to rebuild the Trestle bridge!
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#itsalwaysiceseason #furnaceindustries #dryicetools #northeastice #neiceconditions #catskilliceclimbing #catskillmountains #c_l_i_m_b #climbing_is_my_life #climbing_is_my_passion #climbing_photos_of_instagram #climbing_pictures_of_instagram #climbing_worldwide #climbingday #climbinginspiration #climbingismypassion #climbinglife #climbinglovers #climbingmountains #climbingnation #climbingtrip #climbingphotography #escaladeglace #escalade #iceclimb #iceclimbing #iceclimber #iceclimbingimages #iloveclimbing #ilovenewyork ...

The winter goose had one more egg to lay on the northeast this weekend! We linked up pinnacle gully on the way up and right gully on the way down Mt Washington. We found WAY more snow than we expected in Huntington Ravine, and less than we hoped in Tuckermans. It was a big day with several curveballs but we got it done, and probably were some of the last people this season to make it all the way back to the car with skis still on the feet. Solid day out! #skitheeast #skithewhites #neiceconditions ...

Unexpected surprise - Mount Washington provides.
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