IceCyclesmodelled ice formation

This estimates whether ice has FORMED. It says nothing about ice QUALITY, bonding, or whether a route should be climbed.

Modelled from weather data. Not an observation of ice, and not advice.

Woods Canyon Ice (Coatimundi Migration, Tears of Joy, Blue Agave and 3 more)

WI3-4seep-fed

Access is yours to check

This site says nothing about whether you may reach or climb these routes. That is decided by whoever manages the land — a park, a forest, a city, a tribe, a private owner — and by permits, seasonal and wildlife closures and local law, all of which change. A route listed here is not a route you are allowed to climb, and a route with no restriction noted here may still be closed. Check with the land manager before you go.

Recorded access notes — from our research, possibly out of date

USFS, Coconino National Forest; park off I-17 near the Fry Park exit and bushwhack to the top of the wall, then rappel. No climbing restriction found.

Position

34.85923, -111.65522

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elevation
1780 m
aspect
289°
position
wall_pin
terrain check
passed

Ice watch

Ice watches run November to April.

Ice here is an event, not a season. A watch opens when a storm puts water on the rock and a hard freeze follows within the week, at this route's elevation. It is a rule of thumb, not a forecast that ice has formed, and it has not been validated: there are only about ten dated sightings in thirty years to check it against.

Cautions from the weather record

The model flagged no specific stressors in the recent weather record. That is the absence of a warning, not an assessment of the ice.

Reports from people who were there

No one has reported on this route in the past three weeks.

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Including if there was nothing there. A report of no ice is worth more to the model than a report of ice.

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