The June Lake Icefall is a classic place to iceclimb in winter. We went there earlier, in November 99 to practice before taking off to South America. We wanted to climb the main Horseshoe Icefall, but it did not look very solid, and a huge piece of ice crashing next to us while we were looking for a possible route made us change our mind. We climbed another shorter icefall on the side, which looked in good condition. 

    Fred and Eric at the bottom of the icefall 

    Fred leading on steep ice 

    Eric hammering his iceaxes into some solid ice 

    Eric leading high up near the top of the icefall