Adirondacks, Avalanche Lake (map)

The Matrix buttress at Avalanche Lake
The Matrix

Topo of a few routes at Avalanche Lake
The Matrix

Traversing to the belay on the first pitch of 3D
3D

Early morning light over Avalanche Lake

Joe and Will sitting on the ledge below the fin

Will leading the leftmost crack on the fin (5.10+)
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Midway up one of the stellar chimney climbs, right of the rock route "3D"
Sufferin' Succatash

Lots of hard routes on this wall. The most prominent yellow ice is "A Usable Amount", put up by Will
A Usable Amount

Joe on Gate Keeper, just left of the 2nd hitch-up-matilda; we bailed here due to delaminated ice
Gate Keeper

Matrix wall from high on Scott Decapio's route. Visible are Gold Rush, Fools Gold, and The Matrix. Way to the right are the hangers climbed by Alex Lowe
The Matrix

My first try on leashless tools; I failed miserably, lowering off just after this point
Matrix Direct, The Other One

Bones gets established on the ice
Matrix Direct, The Other One

The Matrix with just enough ice to make it climbable
Matrix Direct, The Other One

Bones places a screw in the better ice
Matrix Direct, The Other One

View of the Matrix; the "other one" starts on the rock between the pines.
Matrix Direct, The Other One

At the top of the M7+ rock section
Matrix Direct, The Other One

High on the upper section
Matrix Direct, The Other One

Cranking through the initial overhanging crack
Matrix Direct, The Other One

Bones works out the moves on the initial overhanging crack
Matrix Direct, The Other One

The route Gate Keeper (the thin ribbon on the left) as seen from De Capio's route
Gate Keeper

Climbing a pillar on the east side of Avalanche Pass before one reaches the lake; the climb is broken into two parts -- the initial pillar to a ledge, then a rock overhang
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Bones climbs thin, poorly protected ice leading to a free-hanging ice column above
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Tad's map of Avalanche Lake showing the routes

Jim climbs the first ascent of Keymaster, a mixed route just right of Gatekeeper
Keymaster