Lower Weeping Wall - Ice Fall

Submitted by: Juancho
Observations date: Friday, February 24, 2023 at 21:00
Location: 52.146670° N 117.000230° W
Reporting on: Ice conditions

Information

Activity: Climbing/Mountaineering

Group details

Total in the group?: 2
People fully buried?: 0
People partly buried with impaired breathing?: 0
People partly buried with normal breathing?: 0
People not injured (caught but not buried)?: 0
People injured (caught but not buried)?: 0
People involved?: 0

Comments

Was about -18 at the Weeping wall parking lot on a bluebird day after a strong cold snap. It was significantly warming up in the afternoon. We stopped by the lot to scope out Sniveling Gully and there was a party on Weeping wall.

There was a massive curtain above the belayer that snapped and almost hit them by nearly a few inches. The Debris scattered across the climb and created a tremendous sound. The belayer mentioned they were hit with a waterbottle sized piece of ice on their shoulder.

We decided to change our objective and climb something with no overhead hazard as the solar effect on the ice was starting to become strongly apparent.

We speculated that the piece that broke off onto the climbers was around 12-15 feet tall by 5-8 feet

Moments after the curtain almost hit the belayer