If you had a month long road trip of the west, what climbing areas would be high on your list?

Bishop. You have world class trad, sport and bouldering @ every grade. You do not need to move camp, which you can find free. Always people about to climb with. 2 hrs to Toulumne if it opens and you want high alt. 

$.02

Erik Yde wrote:

Ill be doing the same from mid April to mid May starting from CO and heading back to Utah. The climbing might be hot but many of the tighter canyons are still awesome to canyoneer because they get so much shade. If you make it to CO or Utah shoot me a message, I plan to be in Maple, LCC, Uintas, and maybe Joes (depends if I will melt or not) when I do the Utah part of the trip.

The road into the Uintas will not be open in April- early May. 

South Dakota. One of the few world class climbing places that even in the "busy" summer times you can have a place like The Needles, Mount Rushmore and Spearfish Canyon to yourself. Just over 4000 routes all to yourself and sometimes you never see another person all day! World class limestone sport climbing in Spearfish, Sport, Trad and Mixed at Rushmore and Traditional multi pitch bagging single person summits in the Needles. Free camping and South Dakota is cheap! 

I'd be shooting to minimize long travel times and maximize backcountry and climbing time, so I'd pick one range and go deep.

As a lover of granite, for me nothing comes close to the Sierra. Temps and snow permitting I'd probably spend parts of the month in a) Yosemite, b) High Sierra long ridges and big faces, and c) Hulk which is a category of its own. I'd also try to fit in a side trip to the Needles.

Whole month in the valley. May is great!

Mike Madsen wrote:

South Dakota. One of the few world class climbing places that even in the "busy" summer times you can have a place like The Needles, Mount Rushmore and Spearfish Canyon to yourself. Just over 4000 routes all to yourself and sometimes you never see another person all day! World class limestone sport climbing in Spearfish, Sport, Trad and Mixed at Rushmore and Traditional multi pitch bagging single person summits in the Needles. Free camping and South Dakota is cheap! 

Shhhhhhh don't tell anyone Mike!