Where? Grandad's Bluff La Crosse, WI
When? Saturday April 19 All Day (Sunday is the rain day)
What? Sport Climbing on the 30+ routes (5.7-5.13a)
Burgers, Beer, Bloodies, and Billiards at the Alpine Inn afterwards

Inspired by last years Rib Mountain Boulder Bash. For those who didn't make it, it was amazing fun, 30+ climbers from Milwaukee to La Crosse and everywhere in between.

A good crew from Madison will be coming up. Looking forward to it!

Awesome! Vince and I are coming up!
Come to our party at Boulders 4/12 6pm. $20, free food and beer for the AccessFund. Comp with finals and a movie at 10pm.
I heard that the LaCrosse comp is the same weekend? I'm sorry if so, I already sent out our invites. Next year I'm making a calender with all the gym's comps on it.

That sounds great! Count me in.

That's the weekend after I get back from Greece - I'll be there to tear up the 5.7s like nobody's business!

There will be a slight bolt clipping tax excised by local jurisdiction during and after the event in from of liquid contain no less than 5% alcohol by volume. This amount will be qualified by said persons to be deemed at the event or by review of local tradition. Payment can be on site or preferable done at said local establishment(Alpine).

Although not a DLFA sactioned event club rules will apply!

Count me in, I'm throwing in the mtn bike for a ride on TNT too!

ill be dragging a few minne-so-tains with me....

whos playing at the alpine that night?

will there be punch and pie?


josh

Can people who are really strong for 25 feet come and clip bolts?

Seth, we have installed halfway anchors to accommodate for the very strong, such as yourself. That way you can treat each route as a two highball boulder problems....

I'm in. I may need to use Seth's halfway anchors though.

Dave, I'll buy you plenty of drinks as long as I can pilfer more beta on Ice and Dyslexia from you.

hey...i'll actually be in town for this...count me in. I'm good for belaying any of those routes.

Is anyone heading over from the Metro/St.Paul area, who would also like to save the planet and all of that good stuff.

Christian H., I'll be going from Saint Paul; would love to share car/gas $ with any interested parties...

jpwil79@gmail.com

An important reminder to all who plan on coming:

While rockclimbing here is not illegal (or legal for that matter) , we do need to keep a somewhat LOW PROFILE.
To do this there is really only one thing that you need to do, and that is to car pool, and DO NOT park at the overlook near the flag. You need to park at the gravel pull out on the left about 50 yrds before you reach the overlook parking. From there walk directly west (toward the river) into the woods where all trails lead to climbing.

Also to help improve the climber image (and overall beauty of the area) it would be much appreciated if anyone who attends would bring a small trash bag, and spend 5 min picking up bottles/printers/other trash that kids seem to enjoy throwing off the top of the bluff. (or any other odd things you find along the trails...)

Lets hope for some killer weather!

this pullout is more like 1/4 mile from the overlook parking...

it also happens to be where the bathrooms are

when you drive past the alpine in...there is a small 3 car pullout on the LEFT where the whitch's cauldron area trail is....then you drive past a home with lots of sat dishes...then a pullout on the RIGHT...next is the pullout on the LEFT with bathrooms

is bliss road open yet? or should someone post the detour up irish hill?

josh you got the pullouts on the wrong sides. After the house with the sat dishes there is a pullout on your RIGHT and then the next pullout (with the bathrooms) is on the LEFT
and no bliss is still closed. the easiest way to get up there now is to get to Jackson St. which becomes state Rd. you will take that out of town up a big hill as soon as you get to the top of the hill take a LEFT, you will be turning onto County Rd F, from there take that until you reach the pullout. the overall trip from the stoplight by Kmart should take about 10-15min. there are also signs at the top of the hill

here are the directions from the Kmart on Jcakson St. to the climbs
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=20594515825387>>>>>

Ben

you are correct...i was still orienting myself coming from the ovelook for some reason...foot traffic should also be directed down to the end of goeorges poing....id doubt that the social climbers trails from the parking lot can stay low key with lots of foot traffic and all the spring mud....

I have reserved sites at Bluebird Springs campground. Its only $5 a person which is cheep for the area. The crew from Madison will be hosting the after Alpine Inn party there.

Looks like it is going to be very damp this saturday. The walls will be needing some time to dry out....so hopefully by sunday the area will be dry and we can climb.

For anyone still interested, we will be having the bash for sure tomorrow, Sunday April 20th. Meet at the parking lot by the bathrooms at 11:00a.m. Drinks at the Alpine Inn after climbing.

arrived last night....caught pat mccurdy at the alpine fri night. rain gone now....light wind is all thats needed to dry out....

ohh well....need to swing by deaf ear for some sundries


josh

Looks like you all picked an awesome day for this thing. I hear rumblings of police coming to ticket climbers after the bash though. What's the story with that? We were climbing there once and some guy came up and was saying it was illegal to climb there. Of course we ignored him as his blood alcohol level was probably about 0.4 above his IQ but I've been wondering about access there for all of our sake, and specifically what the police were doing there and if it was likely to change anything.

It was a super nice day. Perhaps D.G. can give us his commentary on what happened. What I had heard from the person that got the ticket was that the cops were actually looking for a guy from the cities that they had given a verbal warning to the previous day for who knows what. His car was in the lot so they came down looking for him. They ran into Fred and mistook him for this mystery guy. Once the cop got things straight he gave fred a warning, then a ticket after fred asked what he had done illegal. Later the cop tore up the ticket and apologized for the hassling. I doesnt sound like climbing is in jeprody here, but it seems like keeping the area quiet for a week wouldnt be a bad idea.
The same trails that the climbers use is also heavily used by pot head high schoolers, and underage drinkers who like to hang out at the edge of the bluff past all the climbing. Any regulation up there is most likely aimed at keeping them from falling of the main face...again.

So was the bash successful?
I was going to go but figured the rock was still too wet.