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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Clint Cook and I went to check out Bird Brain Boulevard this morning. Up on Camp Bird Mine Road; it’s notorious for long run outs and dicey protection with crampons and ice axes on your appendages . Sounds fun…?! With 6 inches of new snow covering the rock, we headed to South Mineral Creek to seek ice instead. We ended up climbing the Direct North Face. Of all the routes, it held the most ice and looked the most intriguing. Though a much different experience than climbing Bird Brain, it was nice to cruise on easy ice.
Tags: Alpine, Ice climbing, Ouray, Silverton, South Mineral Creek
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Climbed the 2nd Gully in Silverton today with Andres Marin. Since there isn’t much snow we could drive right to the base , put crampons on at the car and started climbing. The ice was thin in spots, but overall in great conditions. Below are a few photos from the day…
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Tags: Alpine, Ice climbing, Ouray, Silverton
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.jpg "South Mineral Creek; we parked right below the Direct North Face")
 copy.jpg "Ouray, CO rock climbing with AMA")
