This past week saw warmer than expected temperatures in the Munising area and two days of mixed precepitation putting a high volume of water into the system. This inturn made many of the areas climbs unclimbable. Lots of reports coming in of folks scouting around the front and backcountry looking for climbable ice. The ice that was found that was still climable tended to be lower flow seeps such as The Curtains, Lakeshore Cutains, Widow Maker, and the School Room.

While Munising was disappointing this weekend, anything to the west did not have the rain and many of the climbs in Marquette and the Keweenaw remained climbable.

MARQUETTE CLIMBS

Big thanks to Angela Miller, who for the second time this season busted the trail out to HMR to scout out the conditions. The good news is the trail is open and some of the climbs around HMR are forming but the bad news is HMR has a ways to go! Heres hoping that the forcast will help in creating the classic formation soon!

At Michigan Ice we take pride in being your go to site for current ice climbing conditions for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore as well as climbs throughout the Upper Peninsula. Planning a trip to Pictured Rocks? We have you covered for all the latest snow and ice conditions on all of your favorite climbs. We also offer a full guide service and are currently booking guided ice climbing trips for the 25/26 season! Check back often for updates, pictures, and trip reports!

The Michigan Ice fest Guides have openings if you or a group would like a specialized guided trip of the park or if you are just in need of some rentals remember our store is located at 112 Elm in Munising and are now open all weekend long! Looking to rent gear? If your group needs to rent gear Down Wind Sports in Munising offers  ice gear rentals. Check out the rental details here!

BEFORE MAKING THE LONG DRIVE UP– please call Down Wind Sports for up to the minute conditions: 906-387-8020. Please remember that just because a conditions report says that a particular climb is “in”, each individual is ultimately responsible for making his/her own climbing decisions

Good news for ice making! Here is the 6 day forcast and its lookingpretty good for getting those higher flow climbs back.