Highway to Heaven

Another great easy route in Joe's Valley. This is found in Strait Canyon, in a side canyon known as Cox Swale. This route follows a frozen stream bed through the cave to a beautiful curtain of ice. I'll be adding more pictures later.

Following the Highway to Heaven


Shane, heading into the cave
Neil and Jeff in the cave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Climbing out of the cave
Ice-Bean coming up from the cave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff starting the lead of the final curtain
The final curtain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoying the fat ice
So this is heaven...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ice playground
Shane on the wide ice shelf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ice-Bean on the ice
Shane's turn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally some ice!
Neil climbing at Highway to Heaven

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice pillar
Becky behind the curtain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burns rappelling down through the cave
Neil rapping down the cave