onix Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) Any ideas for this weekend... I want to get out this saturday and I'm trying to think of any fun climbs this weather of year. Anything incorporating some bits of WI2-3+ or mixed or some kind of sketchy scramble, steep snow gully, snow/ice face. Open to suggestions. The problem is the warm temps, I'd rather not be climbing in the rain, snow okay. Within 2.5 hrs of Seattle would be ideal. Thanks for the help, Andrew Edited January 29, 2010 by onix Quote
onix Posted January 29, 2010 Author Posted January 29, 2010 honestly, standards aren't that high, I just like getting out. Heard there was ice around last weekend... weather hasn't been that much different Quote
marc_leclerc Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 Joshua Tree..... Perhaps El Portrero Chico if you're into that? Quote
ivan Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 sorry, not tryig to be rude, just rueful - pdx-area right now aiding climbing in the murk at smiff after driving through shit to get there seems about as much as a cynical brother can hope for - you can always muck around on hood in the soup, maybe even get above the parking lot! Quote
maxhasson Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 Index was dry today, probably tomorrow too... Quote
genepires Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 While not gnar gnar, you could run up pilchuck. road is open all the way to the TH. You could get off the trail and do a little mixed gnar for the final the couple hundred feet of vertical though. There is a TR here from Hanna (hanman) doing that in december. Quote
Dannible Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 Good answer. As long as you downclimb the route instead of going down the north face that's pretty safe most all of the time. Quote
Mal_Con Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 Second the recommendation, that rock is sticky even when wet. Quote
Edlinger Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 Fossil Rock- it doesn't seep like the world wall and the air temps are much warmer than north bend or index. Quote
genepires Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 darrington. how often will you get to climb there in january? Quote
Wastral Posted January 31, 2010 Posted January 31, 2010 Google Earth. Great quick destinations to "climb" all over the world... Fingers can kinda get cramped after the 4th pitch(hour) though. Lots of placement for pro. Brian Quote
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