Reid Falls
Carrie posted in Recreation on March 17th, 2009
2 weekends ago, Ryan, Scott, and I drove to Skagway, Alaska to do some ice climbing at Reid Falls. If you’ve been to Skagway, it’s the waterfall just outside of town above the Gold Rush cemetery where the notorious con-man Soapy Smith is buried. The tourist trail takes you through the cemetery up a canyon where a beautifully clear waterfall comes pouring down the mountain. In summer it’s quite lush and moist there, but this winter it’s frozen…almost solid. We donned our crampons and headed up the falls then tied in to climb to the top. The day was beautiful but unfortunatel/fortunately the sun didn’t reach into the canyon. Great for ice conditions, not so great for warthm, and by the time I got to the top of our second ascent, I was suffering from some minor Screaming Barfies. But it nice to get out on an adventure and the pitch and difficulty of the falls was great so it was a good day. Plus we saw a lynx on the road on the way back! The major bummer was only that there was nothing open in Skagway for us to get a beer afterward:(
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