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Echo Bend Ice Climbing - Spruce Pitch

Rating: WI2-4 
Length: 15-20m
FA: Conrad Guenther & George Fuller, 1984*

Approach:  After leaving the Eagle River Nature Center, one will arrive at Echo Bend after about 45 minutes to an hour hike/ski.  Spruce Pitch is located low in the trees exactly between Hollow Icicle and 3-Ring Circus.  Bushwhack through trees then ascend moderate terrain to the bottom of the ice.

Route: This is a broad ice formation with varying difficulty.  Choose your difficulty level and go for it! 

Anchor: Large trees exist at the top of the climb.

 * - Information taken from Fat City and Urban Ice with permission from author.

 

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above: Spruce Pitch.
photo: Burrell Lindell Nickeson.

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