Best place to live for multipitch climbing

Hello all,

This year I'm hoping to find a place to settle into and thought I'd tap into the hive mind to see if there are places I hadn't yet considered. What I'm looking for in a place to live:

• Able to rock climb on multi-pitch (min 8 pitches long) routes at least 5-6 months of the year, within ~1.5hr drive of the town/city.
  I.e. I want to be able to have a sizeable day out as a reasonable day trip.
• Has adequate medical facilities within ~30min. By that I mean, not only an ER, but also an urgent care, and preferably also normal dr offices to be able to have an in-person PCP.
• Has some sort of local climber community. I.e. This excludes living out in a place in the boonies, where there are only non-climbers living there and climbers simply pass through for their brief climbing trip.

Open to suggestions in both U.S. and Canada. Thanks for any recommendations!

Cheers,
Natalie

Las Vegas, NV

Well, I guess your location lets out Vegas!

It may be helpful to guide the conversation if you could list places you're already considering as well as the rejections - and why.

Las Vegas

The Traddest Dad wrote:

Las Vegas

Um, she lists her location as Vegas.

Squamish 

Las Vegas

Las Vegas

Aaron K wrote:

Las Vegas, NM

the OG

Asheville, NC

Yall are totally wrong. Spring Valley Nevada> Vegas

Las Vegas?

Gunnison?

Fresno

Multi pitch routes- Las Vegas 

Medical facilities- Las Vegas 

Climber community- Las Vegas 

A Van.

Sin city, usa

As everyone has already said, Vegas is the obvious #1. With that established, we can move onto the more interesting question: what other places are in the top 5? The number of climbing areas with 8+ pitch routes is pretty finite, so it's pretty much just a matter of figuring out what towns are close enough and big enough.

How big of town is needed to meet the medical requirement? Somewhere like Bishop is tiny and remote, but it still has a small hospital and other medical services (plus more in Mammoth). It certainly meets the requirements for great multipitch climbing and local climber scene. Are it's medical offerings enough to meet the criteria though?

Other spots to consider; contenders for a top-5 list:

Grand Junction deserves consideration. Access to the Black Canyon, desert tower adventures, plus local cragging for the smaller days out. Big enough town to offer the needed amenities, gym, etc.

Squamish/Vancouver offer all the needed urban amenities, and great granite multipitch. The rain is of course the limiting factor, and the price of housing as well.

Canmore/Calgary offer year-round access to big multipitch adventures, if you are ice&mixed inclusive in your climbing interests.

If you like the desert but don't like Vegas, there's Saint George. Good access to Zion, and still close enough to Red Rocks. Plus a bunch of limestone and a new gym. Since it's Utah's retirement home, surely the medical facilities are good.

Fresno has weekend access (2-3 hours) to the best selection of multipitch granite on earth, with a long climbing season as well. But the distance to rock is a bit farther than stipulated, and the town itself is...

Leavenworth/Wenatchee has access to some good objectives. The season for the big multipitch is a bit limited though from that Cascades weather.

Colorado Front Range has a lot of multipitch climbing and an essentially year round season, though much of the multipitch climbing is more in the 3-6 pitch ranges. Longer stuff in RMNP. Downsides are crowded climbing and cost of housing.

Sonora CA offers Yosemite access and good local cragging. But is the town big enough?

NH is as good as it gets in the northeast, but Cathedral is mostly in the 3-4 pitch range, Whitehorse and Cannon have a few more that actually meet the mark. Lots of good ice around but also typically a couple pitches.

Illinois 

Not Hobo Greg wrote:

North Conway, New Hampshire.

What aside Cannon has routes that are 8+ pitches?

Edit: I forgot about Whitehorse, but that also tells you how I feel about Whitehorse.