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Best Summer US Sport Climbing Destination

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Fitz Fitzgerald · · Rogers, KY · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 20

What's your vote for the best summer sport climbing destination in the US and why it's your favorite....go! 

JCM · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2008 · Points: 115

It depends what you are looking for. The "big 3" are Rifle, Maple, and Tensleep. Each is awesome, each has its own flavor. Doing a circuit of all three areas is a great way to spend a summer. If you only have to choose one place to visit...

Tensleep if you like vert crimps/pockets
Maple is you like steep endurance.
Rifle if you like weird and burly.

Also, I know you said US, but really the best summer conditions are in Canada. The sport climbing around Canmore is great, and the summer temperatures are pleasant. Squamish has an ever-increasing amount of good sport climbing too.

Travis Bieber · · Fort Collins · Joined Sep 2015 · Points: 1,810

Spearfish Canyon and Rushmore area.

B.S. Luther · · Yorba Linda, CA · Joined Dec 2009 · Points: 75

+1 for Ten Sleep. Beautiful canyon, tons of rock, if you're looking for 11s-13s you'll be very well supplied.

Adam bloc · · San Golderino, Calirado · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 3,452

Ten Sleep has got the sheer volume but for extended stays I have a soft spot for the Lander area. Though it can be a bit warm, various secluded crags keeps things fresh. The quaint downtown, some bouldering, Gunky, the Popo slide, and hiking in the Winds/Tetons make rest days some of the best days!

JCM · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2008 · Points: 115
Adam Block wrote: Ten Sleep has got the sheer volume but for extended stays I have a soft spot for the Lander area. Though it can be a bit warm, various secluded crags keeps things fresh. The quaint downtown, some bouldering, Gunky, the Popo slide, and hiking in the Winds/Tetons make rest days some of the best days!

I always found the lack of shade to be an issue with Lander. It seems like the main crags are in sun until fairly late in the day. Having to wait until late afternoon to climb gets old fast. Or is there some sweet shade-chasing beta I missed?

Dylan Pike · · Knoxville, TN · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 557

Probably Ten Sleep. 

Daniel Heins · · Seattle, WA · Joined Aug 2016 · Points: 2,034
Matthew Mollica wrote: If you're in the south, Deep Creek is the move. Obed too.

I mean I've definitely climbed at Obed mid-summer, but I would not recommend it as a summer destination, more just as a 'slightly less miserably swampy' part of the south to go to if you are living down there. Best to save it for fall/spring in my opinion.

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