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Climbing, Adventure, Gear & Choss
Late Fall Climbing
I love climbing in the late fall. Once the leaves are gone, but the snow hasn’t come yet, I find beauty in the stark nakedness of the landscape. We’ve been getting some time in at the Narrows, which is nice because it’s only about 15 minutes from my house. I can head out at 3pm and still get some fun climbing in before it gets dark. The rock feels good and crisp in the cool fall air, and its nice to be climbing again after some more time off from a funky finger injury. We’ve been adding chain to the anchors, climbing new routes, and just enjoying the place for all that it offers. When the new guide comes out, I hope more people will take advantage of the good climbing that sits so close to town. Especially with the situation at Thompson Creek being what it is, the Narrows is a great alternative, especially if you want to climb 5.8-5.11.
BJ Sbarra on the first ascent of a steep, juggy line in the Notch at the Narrows.
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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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BJ,
New route looks great! Will you be up this weekend? (11.10-11.2007) let me know if there are any other new additions. Hope to see you soon.
scott
Scott,
Lots of new stuff up there, about 12 routes this fall. Good stuff in the notch, sport and long trad. And there are now 7 routes at the front porch, with more on the way. Email me if you want full beta. Out of town this weekend, but Mike’s around.