Mixed Climbing in Shoestring Gully

Join me on a mixed ice/snow/rock climb of Shoestring Gully in Crawford Notch! This gully offers about ~600 feet of climbing following a ~1000 foot approach. It was a warm day, making for a wet climb. We opted for the 5.5 rock finish (which ended up being quite icy).
Climbed on 12/30/2022. Special thanks to Austen Bernier of Northeast Mountaineering for guiding!

[@ChrisGranata]

Nice job, I hope to get on this later this season.

[@suspower]

Wow, what is supposed to be an easy climb looked way harder with those conditions. Any cam or nut placements ? looks like it would be hard to protect with screws in most places due to the thin ice. So much water also... jeeze.

[@nickhassan]

Yeah I only recall one anchor where Austen used a cam and two nuts, the rest he was able to build with just ice screws. It was thin and wet for sure, the usual route for the 5.5 finish was a literal waterfall which forced us to use the thin ice off to the left instead. Made it interesting!

[@suspower]

@@nickhassan Thanks for the info Nick!

[@curvenut]

this is not mixed climbing , that's swim climbing

[@doughobbs7706]

thats like much Scottish winter climbing lol

[@thomas9850]

"promo sm"