[MCR] Rockies - Icefields Parkway - Weeping Wall

Subject: [MCR] Rockies - Icefields Parkway - Weeping Wall
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:05:35 -0800
I climbed the lower Weeping Wall yesterday with friend Josh. We climbed the 
Right Hand Side and were on the bench below the upper wall before the sun came 
around to soften the climb. Like Mike's previous post about Murchison Falls, we 
experienced brittle ice and dinner plates, which required careful testing. On 
P2 we climbed the traditional corner line. Above the ramp, the corner was 
unconsolidated dry chandelier. It was fairly beat out, providing good hooks but 
poor protection.

Most of the lower Weeping Wall has new seeps creating fresh wet chandelier over 
the existing ice. We hiked up to the upper and found the choice lines there to 
be the same.

Brent Peters
Alpine Guide
PeakStratagem.com

Lower WW left

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Lower WW right

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Upper WW

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