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Choss Files
Colorado is a Sea of Choss
That’s right, you heard me, I said our state is covered in choss. I know we like to think we have better rock climbing than California (or anywhere else for that matter), but the ugly truth is we are surrounded by less than perfect stone. Don’t believe me? Lets take a look at some of […]
Bad Bolts at The Puoux
By Mike Schneiter This spring, I’ve been replacing bad or suspect anchors and bolts at our beloved little roadside crag, the Puoux with hardware donated by Climbing Magazine’s Anchor Replacement Initiative. In the process, I’ve discovered a number of rather scary bolts, a couple of which prompted me to think, “man, I’m glad I didn’t […]
No Star Tuesdays
My friend Mike sent me a link to this site, and I felt I had to share it with everyone. It’s a group of folks in the Wasatch called No Star Tuesdays, and the idea is that they go out into Little Cottonwood Canyon, and climb routes with zero or one stars in the guidebook. […]
What It Takes To Make a Crag
A big thanks to everyone who came out for the film on Wednesday night. We were able to raise over $1000 for the new Glenwood Climbing program! Today we’ve got a guest blog from Mike Schneiter on the highs and lows of finding and developing a new crag. Enjoy. Finding new crags in Glenwood Canyon […]
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Choss
So a couple days ago I got the developing itch and headed out to investigate a cliff I had wondered about for some time now. The setting is superb, and the rock appeared to be rather featured and climbable. It actually looked quite good and unique. So I set an anchor on top and rappelled […]
Don’t Call it a Comeback
What can I say, the skiing has been damn good recently. Unfortunately, I took a high speed fall about a week and half ago that tweaked my knee/lower leg pretty good. I’ve skied on it twice since then, but decided I should just rest it and not do anything stupid. Rock climbing seems to fall […]
The Choss Files, Retro-Edition – The Frying Pan
Ah the Frying Pan. This is one of my favorite crags, and it’s discovery was truly a privilege. After our success with the Narrows and Coal Creek, we were on a roll. It seemed as if the entire area was a blank canvas of undiscovered cliffs just waiting for us to poke our heads around […]
The Choss Files, Retro-Edition: Dead Horse
Guest blog by Mike Schneiter. “Quartzite climbing in Glenwood Canyon?” The question is usually accompanied by a quizzical stare of disbelief. For the vast majority of climbers in the Roaring Fork Valley, climbing in Glenwood Canyon consists of clipping bolts on the limestone of the Puoux and trad climbing on granite at No Name. The […]
The Choss Files, Retro-Edition – Coal Creek Boulders
After our “discovery” of the Narrows, we started to look around with open eyes. What else had been overlooked by those before us? One day I took a drive up Coal Basin, and came across the talus field with all the boulders sitting in it. After hiking up to a few, I found that the […]
The Choss Files, Retro-Edition – The Narrows
With the new Western Sloper guidebook coming out, I thought it would be fun to go back and revisit how some of the new crags were found. There’s nothing quite like the excitement of finding a new cliff and envisioning all the potential lines that can come of it. First up, the Narrows. It was […]
The Choss Files #3 – Perham Creek
Welcome to the third installment of the Choss Files. Last time we checked out a scrappy crag an hour from Boise, which turned out to be less than inspiring. This time, I turned my focus to some rock that is pretty close to town, only about a ten minute drive or so at the Perham […]
The Choss Files #2 – Arrowrock Reservoir
Welcome to the newest section of SplitterChoss.com, the Choss Files. This will be a section that details the search for new cliffs and the results of those explorations. I guess the first installment was technically my jaunt into Rocky Canyon outside of Boise, so we’ll call that Issue #0, and it’ll probably become a collector’s […]
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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