Firehouse Falls (2)
Statistics
- Date - 05/01/2011
- Elevation - 8,800'
- Route - Firehouse Falls
- Miles - 0.6
- Elevation Gain - 300'
- ACME Mapper - Link
- CalTopo - Link
- Partners - Jeff Shafer
Description
In an attempt to further delay the start of my rock climbing season, I talked Jeff into going back to the Firehouse in Vail, Colorado, for a final day of ice climbing in 2011. In fact, the weather in the Front Range was not conducive to rock climbing so Jeff really didn't have much of a choice if he wanted to get out. This would mark the first time we ice climbed in the month of May. We each led a different line on the West Slab and weren't too excited about the ice conditions. You had to clean a lot of snow and rotten ice to get to good screw placements. As a result, we ended up setting up a top rope on a steep line in Firehouse West for a couple of laps before calling it a day.
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