Batchawana Bay-Montreal River-Agawa Conditions

Welcome to the 2007 Ice Climbing Season.
We will be posting the conditions for the following areas under this post.
Areas will be under the titles.
Batchawana Bay- Includes Mile 38 Road- McDonald Creek Road, Cerro De Hielo, Carp River Road, Summerian Slab, White Pine Dome.

Montreal River- Includes Ranwick Rock, Ryall Wall, Panama Wall, Gartshore Dome, 10 Year After Wall, Mile 67 Road,
Agawa Canyon- Agawa Canyon Main, Lil Agawa Canyon, Only 17 Wall, Hubert Road, Hubert Lake, Maxes Wall,

We do our best to update conditions weekly. For detailed information and the status of certain climbs email us at info@northofsuperiorclimbing.com or call us at 705-946-6054

Sorry no ice to report Conditions are well behind last years, as we climbed on about November 20th.

Where was the "early season climbing in Batchawana" picture taken that you posted??

Mile 38 Road November 20th, 2005

Can someone post the latest conditions for Ontario ice in these areas?

Cheers,
Nik

Thin ice in Montreal River for top roping and some lead climbing in several areas. Hilltop Icewall was thin.
Mile 38 Road- Climbs are in thin, gullies are leadable.
Pillars are forming.
Cerro De Hielo- Road not plowed to K-9.
We will post a more comlete update on several areas this coming weekend of the 9th
Agawa Canyon- Ice is Leadable but the river is not frozen. Bridalveil Falls is wide open, and there is no access to cross the river, although it is beginning to freeze. Trestle, Victory Daze-Salmon Run are leadable, and do not require crossing the river. A good 14 inches of snow in the canyon on Monday.
Best to hold off on visiting the areas above for a least another week, pending temperature.

Loggers in Batchawana have concerns that climbers with MICHIGAN plates are not parking far enough off the road near K-13.5. They advice to park at K-13 at the pulloff on the right after the bridge.

Ice is climable on Mile 38 Road, but wet and running with water in certain locations. Beware of falling ice on south facing slopes. Rivers are not safe to cross Chippewa River, Carp River,Agawa River, Montreal River.
Would recommend not visiting any of the areas until it gets cold again, as the ice is melting.

Rain and lots of wet rock as well as falling ice, and rushing creeks and rivers at flood stage. Best to stay away and hope for cold weather. We will post again when conditions look more positive.

Rivers are rushing, and all ice jams have been flushed away into Lake Superior. Any climbable ice that was in place has fallen or become detached. Too bad as many of the classic climbs were in good shape last week. Best wait till after Christmas as some cold air is on the way, we hope.