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Slideshow (7 photos)

Hyalite (map)
 

Montana Ice -- Guide and conditions in Hyalite Canyon

 

First Ascent Press -- Source for the guidebook to the area

  Palisade
 

Omega: Climbing the thin column on Omega; the ice was running with water

  Twin Falls
 

The main fork of Hyalite Canyon; Winter Dance is the spear of ice on the rock face centered in the photo

 

Hyalite Canyon as seen from the first pitch of Cleopatra's Needle

 

Twin Falls Left: View from the second pitch of Cleopatra's Needle; you can see Joe on Twin Falls Left, belayed by Ellen in the trees below

 

Taking a rest on the approach to Cleopatra's Needle and Twin Falls

 

Cleopatra's Needle: Reaching for a screw on the second pitch (WI5)

 

Cleopatra's Needle: Tommy stays dry by climbing the right side of the pillar