How many rock types did you climb in 2024?

A different take on end of year lists. In 2024 I climbed on:

Quartz monzonite (Joshua Tree)
Aztec sandstone (Red Rock)
Rhyolite (Palisade Head)
Quartzite (Devils Lake)
Anorthosite (Adirondacks)
Tuscarora sandstone/quartzite? (Seneca)
Phonolite (Devils Tower)
Harney peak granite (Custer/Rushmore)
Conway granite (Whitehorse/Cathedral ledges)
Cadillac Mountain granite (Acadia)
Corbin sandstone (Red River Gorge)

Great prompt! Low-volume year for me, but here goes:

Navajo sandstone (Zion and St. G)

Granite (Mount Lemmon)

Corbin sandstone (RRG)

Extra-gneiss granite (Bald)

Warren Point (?) sandstone (T-Wall)

Rhyolite (P-head)

Basalt (906)

Limestone (906)

Quartzite (906)

Plus British polyurethane and birch.

Wingate Sandstone (CO National Monument, etc)
Chinle mudrock (below the Wingate on a few routes)
Navajo Sandstone (San Rafael Swell)
Entrada Sandstone (Tombstone Butte and more)
Cutler Sandstone (Fisher Towers)
Quartzite (Ouray vicinity)
Leadville limestone (Main Elk, Ouray)
Granite (Taylor Canyon)
Fucked up volcanic rock (Needle Rock)
Black Canyon Formation metamorphic rock (Black Canyon, Unaweep)
Hermosa shale and limestone (Ouray)
Basalt (Grand Mesa)
Welded tuff (Ouray)

Dakota and Burro Canyon sandstones (Montrose)

Oooh I like this!!!

Quartz Conglomerate - Gunks

Corbin Sandstone -RRG 

Green Schist - Bolton VT

Granite - Squamish

Anorthosite - Adirondacks 

Limestone - Albany

Schist - Smugglers Notch

Aaron Kwrote:

volcanic rock (Needle Rock)

As in, the chosspile outside Crawford that would collapse on you if you sneezed too hard on it?

Sent you a PM.

F r i t zwrote:

As in, the chosspile outside Crawford that would collapse on you if you sneezed too hard on it?

Sent you a PM.

A few photos

You can see Joe Cocker's ranch from the top

Oh, fun! Here's my list:

Limestone (Las Vegas, Wild Iris, Shelf Road)

Quartz Monzonite (Joshua Tree)

Wingate Sandstone (Indian Creek)

Tensleep Sandstone (Sinks Canyon)

Conglomerate Sandstone (Eldo)

Pikes Peak Granite (Staunton, Elevenmile)

Granite (Boulder Canyon)

Gneiss & Schist (Clear Creek Canyon)

Basalt (North Table Mountain)

6 rock types this year for me:

 Granite (all over the Sierra) 

Gneiss (a few spots in Tahoe), 

Rhyolite (good ol Mortar Rock)

Basalt (Putah Creek; Jailhouse)

Limestone (Auburn Quarry)

and pending.... Sandstone (Red Rock the last week of December)

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I got more than double that in 2022, with 13 rock types. Had a thread about that (final list on page 4)

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/121766254/objective-climb-10-rock-types-in-norcal-in-2022?page=4

I'll bite. 

Schist/Gneiss - Clear Creek

Wingate sandstone - Indian Creek

Fountain Sandstone - Eldo/flatirons

Corbin Sandstone - RRG

Castlegate Sandstone - Joe's Valley 

Limestone - Shelf + Rifle

Dolomitic limestone - Mallorca

Pike's Peak Granite - S Platte

Sherman Granite - Vedawoo

Other granite - Bocan, Lumpy

Volcanic Tuft - Big Chief

Polypropylene - da gym

Mid Atlantic climber checking in. Seven types so far this year with one more expected (Gneiss at the Bald)

Nuttal sandstone (NRG)

Granodiorite (Stone mountain)

Raleigh sandstone (NRG region)

Warren Point sandstone (T-wall)

White granite (Cedar rock/Pilot rock) 

Quartzite (Moore’s/Pilot)

Cumberland plateau sandstone (Obed/Breaks)

what flavor rocks yall touch this year? 

Quartz Monzonite (Joshua Tree)

Sandstone (Red Rocks)

Granite (Cochise Stronghold), (Pine Creek), (Leavenworth), (City of Rocks)

Welded Tuff (Smith Rocks), (Owens River Gorge)

Basalt (Smith Rocks), (Lakeside Ochoco), (Trout Creek), (Frenchman’s Coulee)

Limestone (The Fins)

Green Plastic

Red Plastic

Yellow Plastic

Purple Plastic (lots of this one)

2024

• diabase
• schist
• nuttal sandstone (NRG)
• aztec sandstone (RR)
• limestone

Granodiorite (Yosemite, Granite Mountain)

Basalt (Paradise Forks)

Quartzite (Isolation Canyon)

Limestone (Priest Draw)

Rhyolite (Queen Creek Canyon)

Conglomerate (Papago Park)

Aztec Sandstone (Red Rock Canyon) 

let's see there was

• white rock
• pink rock
• lavender rock
• black rock
• purple rock
• yellow rock
• red rock
• orange rock
• green rock

Then I went outside

• quarzite
• sandstone
• granite
• quartz monzonite
• limestone
• dolomite

Granite stuff (Cochise, Conway, Yosemite, buttermilks, lumpy ridge, veadawoo)

Volcanic stuff(some spot in New Mexico I can’t remember the name of, paging Anna Brown. Devils tower, Happies, ORG, fossil falls)

Sandstone stuff (the creek, RRG, Breaks, NRG, Ventura county)

Schist stuff (rumney, wheeler gorge)

Dang when I put it like that I guess I did climb a bit this year. Here I was thinking about how many days I didn’t climb. Good prompt bud

Jeff Lutonwrote:

Granite stuff (Cochise, Conway, Yosemite, buttermilks, lumpy ridge, veadawoo)

Volcanic stuff(some spot in New Mexico I can’t remember the name of, paging Anna Brown. Devils tower, Happies, ORG, fossil falls)

Sandstone stuff (the creek, RRG, Breaks, NRG, Ventura county)

Schist stuff (rumney, wheeler gorge)

Dang when I put it like that I guess I did climb a bit this year. Here I was thinking about how many days I didn’t climb. Good prompt bud

It’s cool how much people are getting around based on these responses. It’s also cool how knowledgable these replies have been, with correct geologic names for specifics areas.

Sherman granite - Vedeuwoo WY 

Schist gneiss - clear creek 

Granite - lumpy ridge 

Conglomerate sandstone - flatirons / horsetooth reservoir 

Basalt - north table 

Wingate - Indian creek 

Aztec sandstone - redrock

quartz monzonite - Joshua tree 

Quartz Monzonite - jtree

Grandiorite - all over the Sierra

Latite/Basalt - Grotto, Jailhouse, Columns of the giants

Coastal choss (greywacke sandstone and serpentine) - mickeys beach

Aztec sandstone - red rock

Limestone - Lime Kiln Canyon, clear light cave

Wingate sandstone - Indian Creek and Moab area

Other sandstones - Castle Rock, Mt Diablo

Breccia - Pinnacles

This was fun and got me to read a bit more about the geology of my favorite climbing areas!