The recent abundance
of much-needed snow didn’t deter a hardy group
of climbers from converging on the ice falls of Cascade
Canyon for an adrenaline filled day of crampons and
vert last Saturday. Put on by the good folks of Pine
Needle Mountaineering, the event provided a variety
of demo equipment for the first time climbers and seasoned
veterans alike. And while the day’s activities
finally succumbed to waning daylight, no one left the
ice without a set of throbbing forearms and a perpetually
frozen grin.
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