mneagle Posted March 11, 2001 Posted March 11, 2001 Recent Ouray beta: best hotel in town: Riverside Inn, payed $65 a night for a one bedroom w/ livingroom, fireplace and full kitchen (note: thank you note from Jared Ogden in the lobby) best park feature: lead only area; 10 or so solid lines of WI 5 to 6 that is barely ever climbed Conditions of the natural lines at the Skyline area and Dexter Slabs are great too. During the week there were very few people in the park and even on the weekend only the Classroom was really busy. Lead only area was wide open all week. Quote
David_Parker Posted March 11, 2001 Posted March 11, 2001 Glad to hear there is a "lead-only" area now. This should drastically improve the situation when it is crowded! Wish it was there when I went! What section of the park is it? Everything downstream of the bridge? What happens when someone raps down and "chickens out" by not pulling their rope? Do they get an ice axe in the forehead? Who is monitoring this? Hopefully it's just casual and by honor only! DPP Quote
chriss Posted March 11, 2001 Posted March 11, 2001 Riverside Inn also has a NICE hot-tub on the side of the river (Riverside, duh). And only 2 blocks walk from main street. Quiet enough at night. Buein Tempo (sp?) (mexican resturant and bar) is close also. Good Time. chris Quote
mneagle Posted March 12, 2001 Author Posted March 12, 2001 The lead only area covers about 30 feet to either side of the upper bridge. Once you're at the bottom, it's pretty hard to opt out. There was a large, greasy shit at the bottom, attesting to the difficulty of reaching facilities easily. You can walk back up the canyon towards the Schoolroom, but there's a spot where you have to negotiate a 15 foot steep/smooth slab, risking a fall forward into the drink if you go down too fast. Quote
mikeadam Posted March 12, 2001 Posted March 12, 2001 I have a really killer photo of that area in recent conditions. FAT FAT FAT...I'll try to get it scanned tonight and put it up. Mike http://alpinelite.com Quote
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