Does the Trout Creek experience feel like the pictures look? Thinking about a trip but want to make sure it is worth the effort of the road trip. All beta is welcome and appreciated.
What do you mean exactly? It is pure crack climbing of the highest quality. The place is rad, with a wonderful open community of climbers and a great campground.
Trout Creek has some amazing climbing and it's a very scenic area. Personally I don't think I'd make it the main destination of a road trip though because it's somewhat small and doesn't have the diversity of climbing that I'd prefer. It is however a perfect place to stop for a few days on a road trip and well worth it. Being up there as the sun is going down is quite beautiful.
Trout Creek has some amazing climbing and it's a very scenic area. Personally I don't think I'd make it the main destination of a road trip though because it's somewhat small and doesn't have the diversity of climbing that I'd prefer. It is however a perfect place to stop for a few days on a road trip and well worth it. Being up there as the sun is going down is quite beautiful.
As has been said, it's some of the best climbing anywhere, but is certainly a bit lacking in diversity. You're pretty vague in terms of what your parameters are. Would I drive from Kentucky just to climb at Trout? Probably not. Would I spend a few weeks there on part of a much longer road trip? For sure. Doubly so if pure crack climbing (particularly stemming) is what I'm looking for.
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