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Went to Haffner Creek today for some mixed action.
Definitely not the place to go if you are looking for proper ice climbing. The
regular ice pillars are not yet formed (see attached photos). The little bit of
ice that is present on them happens to be very thin and chandeliered.
These need a while longer until they will be ready to climb.
However, if drytooling and thin ice is your
bag then some of the bolted mixed rigs are good to go. Half n'Half, Shagadelic,
Californication and Swank were climbed today but the ice portions of these
routes are far from being fat and do not readily accept ice screws thus fairly
runout by Haffner standards. Top outs are a challenging combination of loose
scree and half frozen dirt. Everything is dripping hard so another week
or more should see the ice filling out as long as temperatures stay below
freezing.
PS- Snowing lightly all day.
-Sean Isaac, ACMG Assistant Alpine
Guide
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