Back at the local climbing spot near Carmacks

Snowmobiled out to Murray Creek Falls to check on the ice and work on a line on the side wall that caught my eye. Became a two day effort to bolt down to the overhang then continue under the overhang and into the shallow cave at water level. There is an open pool right under the line where you turn to the roof and get onto the wall above, culling rock off broke the ice and made the pool bigger. Chippy breakable rock on the face and the chances of dropping a tool into the water had me using my etriers as temporary leashes which of course became an epic tangle. Hard line not much to pull on when transitioning onto the face and rubbly seam above.

Anyhow - light dusting of snow and breaks in the fog made for some nice light on the frost which is coating everything on the trip an and a crescent moon on the way out.

Murray Creek Falls, Carmacks, ice climbing round two with the x dreams

Thought I would take out my X Dreams to play on the ice. they have only seen use in Inuvik so now they have been used in the Yukon, lol. Playing around on the side and making the most of things. Again good potential for lines on the side walls. Lots of precipitate leaching out of the seams - the orange in some of the pix. Also some interesting features made during freeze up.

Also some pix of morning around town, the Yukon River is still open so lots of mist and fog in the AM. A pic of my now friend the dog - who bit me a few months ago - not used to bikes I suppose.