These works of art date back to the mid-1800s. (Please be sure to click on these images to enlarge the pictures and more fully enjoy these works.) The top painting is a very large oil on canvas; it depicts Indian Pass and Wallface cliff, and was painting by Charles Ingham. This cliff is regarded as the largest rock face in the East. At just under a 1000' the cliff hosts dozens of routes, ranging from the 5.3 Case Route, to the 5.4 Wiessner Route, the mega-classic 5.7 Diagonal route, and on to desperately hard routes which include several Grade IVs. Wallface also includes some modern day ice test pieces.
The second work is a small watercolor which depicts the Trap Dike on Colden. This was the route of the original first ascent in 1850; a remarkable adventure for its time. It was also the scene of of fossil outing this past March, and the steep walls of the Dike were the scene of some first ascent activity by Hock and Tommy back in the late 1980s.
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