Brian agreed to go check out some climbing in Boulder canyon last Tuesday despite the rain falling all night. The forecast for the day showed a gap in the rain with acceptable temps before noon with more precipitation expected in the afternoon. Although we were less then optimistic we headed out to the Riviera where we hoped if the sun did peek out it would shine on this south facing cliff. Our ride up the canyon was not reassuring as the clouds hung low.
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| Brian tries to illustrate how cold it is (you could see our breath) |
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| Note the freezing line |
We hiked up the face and found one, yes ONE semi dry route, a 5.9 that I had retreated from in the past. The only problem was that water was dripping down the left side of the crux moves making it a more complex and tricky move. Brian killed the lead in excellent style despite the 93% humidity. I headed up on top rope and took about 10 minutes to figure out the weird crux moves.
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| Our dry patch of rock |
After playing on the one dry route we took the jeep for some exploration in the woods. As we headed up the canyon the snow started falling. We cruised the Switzerland trail in the snow which took us through some interesting little towns that had some near misses with the big Four Mile Canyon Wildfire last year. The trail was really just a forest road that you could realistically drag and scrap a Subaru down if it was dry, but it was adventurous enough for me considering I didn't have my new spare tire on the jeep yet and there was 2-4 inches of snow on the road.
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| snow |
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| The scars of the four mile canyon fire |
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| Some old mining ruins |
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| Opps |
And just a few pictures from a trip to Lincoln Falls a few weeks ago. Note: BV up to his tender bits in snow after he stepped off the packed trail.
-MG
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