Ice season is in full swing! You sure couldn't tell by north Idaho's weather!

It is winter heck we are only half way thru January yet if you look outside today you think it's early spring. Not so good for local ice of which even in the best of years is a short lived creature around these parts. Yet if your patient and persistent a local ice climber can actually find some pretty nice day trip "local ice" in a more normal winter. This season has been odd couple of short cold snaps followed by warm rainy weather. Heck I'm going to throw the shoes, chalk bag and pad in my truck and do some bouldering tomorrow. Despite the weather funk I've managed to get in some great climbs. With the best climbing at Banks this season. Banks is a  unique ice climbing area with some amazing climbs it is either loved or hated by ice climbers. It's Banksy is how we refer to its funky ice and weird sometimes brushy top outs but if a climber perseveres some great challenging climbing can be had. My love affair with the area grows every time I get out there!  The saying goes "if you can lead ice at Banks you can lead anywhere". 

Getting my Banks on H2O2 1-10-14