On Thanksgiving, John and I went up to the 2nd Gully in Eureka Canyon west of Silverton. Peter and I climbed this a month ago and I knew the ice would be in thick. The drive in the Subaru up the snowy road was probably more exciting/scary than the climb. We sighed out of relief once we finally got the car turned around and pointed back down the road. Yeah Subaru!Below- Heading up the 2nd pitch. By now the 7 degrees of when we'd left the car had turned into above freezing and I was way over-dressed.
The view back down and across from the climb is one of my favorites.
Putting in my last screw of the climb from a comfortable stance.
The rappel and hike down from this climb are WAY easier in the snow than on the rocks exposed a few weeks ago. We ended up being on the climb from about 9am to noon. It was a great start to a thanksgiving day.
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