Hyalite Ice: Climbs Below Winter Dance

Sam and I got to go to another(!) area of Hyalite we had never been; the climbs below Winter Dance. There are 3 major gullies coming down from below WD: Land of the Lost (including Slot Corner aka Pitch 1), Curtains and Over Easy. Slot corner was busy as was Curtains so we warmed up on Over Easy WI3. Super fun short, fat flow that can be made as hard or easy as you like. Then we jumped on Curtains WI4 and I got up it without any breaks. Short, but very consistently steep climb. Land of the Lost WI4 still had a crew on it so Sam and I walked down to the corner climbs and each got a lap (solos for me; I set up the rope for Sam) on Fat Chance and Thin Chance and I top-roped a fun mixed route climber's left of Thin Chance. 5 different routes in a day is a recipe for a good Hyalite day!

Over Easy WI3

Im not looking down on you, but down at you Sam.

The top of Curatins with Winter Dance visible above. There were two climbers up there that day. Nutcracken?

Curtains

Curtains Cave

Thin Chance: A tale of too many hooks...

Fat Chance: A soloist