Junk Yards are in pretty good early season shape, with both
lines of the Scottish Gully being in, although the left line is lean and “mixed”
at the bottom. The main face is still lacking the steep curtain below the
characteristic tree but the rest looked in good shape.
Johnston today with a little bit of sun in the early pm and
temps warming to -5C. Surprisingly, the main water fall is currently well
doable and relatively easy to get to, most likely a result if the recent 5 days
of deep freeze, which was also responsible for the massive debris at the bottom
of the “curtain wall”. The left most of the steep columns survived the
cold snap and was lead today by someone more courageous than me but it can also
be relatively easily accessed from the top platform to set up a top rope. The
right side offers a number of moderate lines with the top being too thin for
screws, but fortunately it’s not very steep.
Cheers,
Jorg Wilz
Mountain Guide (ACMG / IFMGA)
OnTop ltd.
www.ontopmountaineering.com