Black Widow

This steep ice route forms in the overhanging amphitheater at the top of the couloir on the right side of the face. Allegedly. Unfortunately, I’ve never seen it, and I’m suspicious rockfall may have altered the drainage enough to change the way the route forms. In recent years some thin, x-rated smears and daggers have occasionally formed at the top of the couloir and above Davis Ramp, but these don’t quite look like the original route. In old photos Black Widow touches down at the top of the couloir right where Davis Ramp splits out left. Steep thin ice near the top of the couloir that doesn’t touch down in the same location as the old Black Widow photos.