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Climbing, Adventure, Gear & Choss
Telluride Rocks
Telluride has long been one of my favorite places in Colorado. A beautiful historic mining town surrounded by towering peaks on three sides, with incredible access to just about any kind of mountain pursuit you may be into. Home to cobble sport climbing, long trad routes, sandstone boulders and two of the most classic ice […]
Reel Rock Film Tour Coming To Glenwood Springs
Alrighty folks, get ready to be blown away. The Roaring Fork Climbers’ Coalition is bringing the Reel Rock Tour to Glenwood Springs on Wednesday October 22nd. It’s been getting rave reviews out there, and we’re super excited to be hosting this event. Here’s what you’ll see: Grand Canyon Walls – Tommy Caldwell & Beth Rodden […]
Climbing News – 9.19.08
Looks our local choss heroes have been featured on Climbing.com with their ascent of the International in Glenwood Canyon. You can read the quick blurb on this site, or head over to Climbing.com for a more extensive article and some great pics. On the heels of Alex Honnold free soloing Half Dome, Dougald MacDonald thinks […]
Redstone Boulders Final Update
This is the latest info I’ve been given by someone who is in the know. The boulders are not for sale, but the parking area is. Fortunately, the parcel of land is in a rockfall zone with most of it also in a flood plane. So it is unbuildable. What the seller is hoping to […]
The Future of Climbing Guidebooks
So during my morning reading today I came across a company that is offering guidebooks for climbing areas on your iPod. Just the other day a friend was talking about how he thought this was the future of guidebooks, and now it seems he may have been right. They have a very limited offering for […]
The International – Glenwood Canyon’s Longest Route
On Sunday, September 8th Chris Van Leuven and Mike Schneiter made a free ascent of Glenwood Canyon’s International. The ascent is possibly only the second free ascent of the entire route, which climbs 1800′ from the base of the canyon to the rim on two granite buttresses and one limestone buttress. The duo completed the […]
Rifle Clean Up Brings Out The Best
Guest blog by Andy Wellman. By most accounts this year’s Rifle Clean-Up event was the most productive ever! If I had to point to one reason I think it was that the locals came out in droves ready to make their canyon a friendlier place for climbing. There had been mass e-mail communication amongst most […]
Chalk Not Good For Friction?
Steve Romeo has an interesting article up over at TetonAT.com. He points out a study done in 2001 by the University of Birmingham, UK that actually “proved” that chalk gives you less grip, not more. According to the study, “they came to the conclusion that chalk lowered the coefficient of friction by about 18% (COF: […]
Haleakala – On Top of Maui
While most of my buddies here in Hawaii are usually too captivated by the surf, I of course am drawn upwards, to the soaring heights of the volcanoes that made this island chain. It’s pretty cool that you can be surfing in the morning and the afternoon go for a hike at 10,000′ (or 13,700′ […]
The Engagement – Independence Pass
Last week I had the chance to spend an afternoon climbing up on the Pass with fellow Aspen Alpine Guides employees Josh Gross and Lynn Sanson. We finished up a day of guiding early and got a few pitches in on the Lower Grotto Wall, including checking out Josh’s new route, the Engagement. It starts […]
Rifle Mountain Park Cleanup This Weekend
Don’t forget the big cleanup and party at Rifle is this weekend. There will be lots of great food, beer and usually a ton of free stuff. One year we had so much I think everyone went home with something, literally! Head on out on Saturday, should be a great time. We wont be there, […]
Big Agnes Big House 4 Tent
We were in the market for a new car camping tent, and earlier this year we had the opportunity to grab the Big Agnes Big House 4. Big Agnes’ slogan is the “Mother of Comfort” and this tent surely lives up to that. It’s incredibly spacious, I can almost stand up inside without hitting my […]
Bulldog Creek Dog Walk (IV WI 4+)
Hayden Carpenter and Tom Bohanon recently repeated an obscure ice climb on the south side of Mt Sopris. Given a brief mention in Jack Robert’s ice guide, Bulldog Creek Walk is described as being 100 meters of WI 4. What they found was seven pitches of ice in a remote setting that makes for one […]
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