Banks Lake Ice 10

Beau and I went to Banks Lake 2 hours West of Spokane . The area is beautiful, home to one of the largest dams in the world: the Grand Coulee. With just a couple of cold weeks , the area came in offering 10- 15 routes in great condition. Here I am on Pee Wees Playhouse, Right hand flow. WI5.

Above is the right hand side of PeeWees. There were several routes in there. We did the Center in 2 pitches. I would not recommend doing the second. We also did the right hand and set the Abalkovs. Very fun to do the fa for the season, I did a lot of picked-out ice last year .

On sunday , we started out on a strong WI5 Pillar named H2O2. It was sick. I was getting ready to lead it , when I noticed Beau was already in his crampons and ready to go. I suggested he lead it, and he did it! It was his first grade 5 and a tough one at that. I got pumped just following it. Ladies and gents : H2O2! ( big photo below)