Where to climb in winter?
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Hey! I'm looking for a place in the US to go climbing in late November. My partner and I are looking to do some multipitch sport routes in the 5.8 to 5.10 range. I'm a wimp when it comes to cold so I'd rather not freeze my butt off, but high 50's (F) might be fine. Any suggestions? |
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https://www.mountainproject.com/area/105910764/el-potrero-chico
Not the US, but just outside it and comparable to flying to some parts of the US. Otherwise, Red Rocks/St George area should be cooled off by then. |
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Red rocks and St George could still be quite warm in late November. |
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Check out Southern Exposure guiding service in Mexico |
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I can't think of anywhere in the U.S. that meets your requirements. Sure, some places will have good weather at times, but not consistently enough to plan a trip there unless you are especially lucky with the weather. |
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Potreo is the right answer. Cheapest climbing trip you’ll ever have. So long as you’ve got a passport. |
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Multi-pitch sport, if that's a hard requirement, is what will limit your choices. |
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Mt. Lemmon in Tucson...it’s got enough juice for a life time. When it’s cold stay low, and when it’s hot just drive higher. |
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Red Rock is the obvious answer. |
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Ashort wrote: Multi-pitch sport, if that's a hard requirement, is what will limit your choices. This. I don't know of anywhere in the US that has much in the way of multi-pitch sport, especially in the 5.8 - 5.10 range. Lots of multi-pitch trad, lots of single-pitch sport, which would be findable for the temperature range at that time -- but not multi-pitch sport. Others have mentioned El Potrero Chico - that is the only place I know of with a good selection of multi-pitch sport in the 5.8 to 5.10 range in North America. And, it would be quite reasonable temperature-wise in November. |
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If you go to red rock you can do the few multi-pitch sport routes there and then head to lime kiln canyon in Arizona for some more multi-pitch limestone. It's still pretty limited though, maybe 1-2 routes in red rock and 3 in lime kiln in the 5.8-5.10 range. Round out your trip with some single pitch stuff in red rock. |
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Ashort wrote: If you go to red rock you can do the few multi-pitch sport routes there [...] It's still pretty limited though, maybe 1-2 routes in red rock. There are 13 multipitch sport routes between 5.8 and 5.10 in Red Rock listed on MP. Granted, most of these are only 2 pitches. But with approaches and descents that ought to keep you busy for at least 2-3 days, even if you're fast! If you're willing to plug a few cams that opens some longer routes up like Prince of Darkness, 6 pitches, 10c, and Power Failure, 3 pitches, 10. |
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True, I was looking at climbs of at least 3 pitches. In that case options are limited. If you're only gonna do 2 pitches you might as well just open yourself up to single pitch climbs IMO. |
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Thanks Guys, this is super helpful. I'll look into potrero. I've been to red rock quite a few times so I'd like to try someplace else for this trip. |
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Smith can be warmer in the sun during the winter, but is hit or miss. But if there is good weather there are tons of sport multis for ya. |
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Like the above poster stated, Smith can be sunny and warm or cloudy and freezing in November. At night it will almost always drop below freezing by November. You will see occasional snow by then as well, albeit not very often. |
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St. George prophesy wall has great multipitch sport in that grade range/time frame. |
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second for Potrero. |
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Come to Europe and climb around El Chorro in Spain |