Driving up Hillman’s Highway
by Doug Millen
Ever since Irene, Alfonzo and I have been wanting to catch this drainage, in that perfect moment. We’ve scrambled up Hillman’s in the summer,using it to access the rock ridges of the Boott Spur. The movement of earth and boulders caused by that massive rain event were impressive. We wondered what it would be like frozen and finally last Saturday we were given that moment. The climbing was excellent. A ribbon of ice with steeper steps running for 1000′. Winter is coming and the ice was building during the day…I look for more building during the week and good early season ice climbing this weekend, in the high ravines. Here are a few photos of our “Drive up Hillmans Highway” on Saturday November 9th 2013.
Doug,
I’m not a member, but some might be interested in the photos I took while in Hillman’s Highway, on Sunday. Allthought not on a technical ice climb, my photos will show what the conditions were like, Sunday, Dec 3rd.
This link is for a public Picasa web album:
https://picasaweb.google.com/102229104652434620757/HillmanSHighwayMtWashington8Dec2013
Thanks Guy…looks great!