Any Ice yet?

[Glover_Ice]

Hey all, I'm new to this forum, but I guess the forum is pretty new too.
Anyway, I plan on checking out the quarry this Saturday with a buddy of mine and I was wondering if anyone had been there yet and seen any decent ice...
We do some mixed climbing too, so its not a big deal if the ice is spotty. I checked the forecast and it looks like it isnt going to get above freezing for the rest of the week so we may get lucky.

P.S. I'm not sure if this is in the right forum, so move it if you want.

Oh yeah, whats the parking situation this year?

[Travis Peckham]

It seems pretty likely that the quarry will at least have some mixed climbing. It's very easy to setup top ropes there for dry tooling or very, very thin stuff so you'll probably be able to find something fun to do. I'm not sure if you'll find anything fat enough to get a good screw into, though... But who knows...

Travis

[Scott Conchieri]

smuggler's notch would be a good alternative

[Dave Furman]

Much of the quarry typically is not is good shape until christmas or later. A lot of it gets a significant amount of sun, and it's at a pretty low elevation compared to the other climbing areas in the area. You may find something to scratch up, but please make sure not to drytool on any established rock climbs, and please be aware that getting on these routes really early in the season (especially the thinner ones which will likely be the ones in early at the quarry) can be really detrimental to their formation for the rest of the winter--in some cases if they get bashed up early, they may not form again for the entire winter. For early season ice the Townline area (pretty much right across the river from the quarry, it's all in the shade so is likely to be a lot better early) is probably better, and Smuggs will have a lot of options for climbing.
DF

[Ross Perry]

I agree with Dave. I visited the Quarry today (Wednesday), and although there is climbable ice, much of it isn't very solid. The sun was melting off the tops of many of the climbs, the corner climb in the lower quarry was detached from the rock wall, and the pillars were pouring water and were appearing delicate. Things will be much better next week as the colder temps will allow good forming of ice...