Minnehaha Invasion

[Sabertooth]

Interesting thread. If I were doing a bouldering warmup, it wouldn't be The Cleft. There are tons of boulder problems at Minne, including pages and pages of V0s to warm up on. Most of them are away from the main area where Mountain School is held. There are also LOTS of other places to climb in Spokane like Post Falls, Dishman, Tower Mountain, Deep Creek, Tum Tum, etc. If one weekend a year is crowded at Minne because of Mountain School, just go someplace else. An easy solution.

[AaronB]

There are also LOTS of other places to climb in Spokane like Post Falls, Dishman, Tower Mountain, Deep Creek, Tum Tum, etc. If one weekend a year is crowded at Minne because of Mountain School, just go someplace else. An easy solution.

 

 

 

But I want a golden goose egg NOW daddy!

[pindude]

Greg,

Sabertooth pretty much hit it right on. One thing I would add is that, obviously, Minne is no destination area, but is perfect (except for the effing thefts) as an urban crag, to get out in the evenings or when your time is limited and you gotta be near town. Climbing problems and routes run the gamut, unless you're lookin for 5.13.

 

As far as camping is concerned, unfortunately there's no camping at Minne...then again you wouldn't want to with potential of break-in problems for cars parked there overnight. Mt. Spokane still has lotsa snow, and would be good if you don't mind snow-camping, and would be even better yet if you wanna do skin-laps and ski on the 1200' or so vertical there is to play on. Their ski ops closed for the season last Sunday, so you'd have the hill to yourself along with maybe a small handful of other skiers and snowmobilers. Riverside State Park just northwest of town will have snow-free camping. Free camping?--you'd have to drive a ways out of town to the north or east (in ID) directions before you could get on FS or public land to camp. I'm also known for putting up friends and climbers, but right now you'd have to contend with some remodeling work I'm doing--let me know.

 

[Greg_W]

Greg,

Sabertooth pretty much hit it right on. One thing I would add is that, obviously, Minne is no destination area, but is perfect (except for the effing thefts) as an urban crag, to get out in the evenings or when your time is limited and you gotta be near town. Climbing problems and routes run the gamut, unless you're lookin for 5.13.

 

As far as camping is concerned, unfortunately there's no camping at Minne...then again you wouldn't want to with potential of break-in problems for cars parked there overnight. Mt. Spokane still has lotsa snow, and would be good if you don't mind snow-camping, and would be even better yet if you wanna do skin-laps and ski on the 1200' or so vertical there is to play on. Their ski ops closed for the season last Sunday, so you'd have the hill to yourself along with maybe a small handful of other skiers and snowmobilers. Riverside State Park just northwest of town will have snow-free camping. Free camping?--you'd have to drive a ways out of town to the north or east (in ID) directions before you could get on FS or public land to camp. I'm also known for putting up friends and climbers, but right now you'd have to contend with some remodeling work I'm doing--let me know.

 

 

Thanks, PD. We might hit Riverside. Maybe we can hookup for some climbing on Saturday, Apr. 24, if you are around.