Where to Move in Western US?

To people suggesting Flagstaff, have you read the news about the fires?

I grew up there and loved it, but let's face it that place is fucked

Marc801 Cwrote:

There are actual plans being considered to build a pipeline from either the Pacific or the Mississippi to refill the GSL!

I love the absurdity of this...

Options:

1. Stop siphoning off all the water from all the surrounding mountain ranges in the GSL basin for bullshit agriculture, most of which is used to grow alfalfa and hay to feed cattle

2. Build the 8th engineering wonder of the world

J Pwrote:

it was a very bad joke implying that there are no real 'secret' spots at all that have not been mentioned or that can possibly meet all the original requirements... but i did get OP to take the bait   

Riiiiiiight. So where's the secret place?

CF Burnsteinwrote:

Riiiiiiight. So where's the secret place?

Sheridan or Star Valley ($$$$) WY

Marc801 Cwrote:

There are actual plans being considered to build a pipeline from either the Pacific or the Mississippi to refill the GSL!

It shouldn’t come to that, I saw a clip of Spencer Cox asking his constituents to pray for rain. 

Balewrote:

It shouldn’t come to that, I saw a clip of Spencer Cox asking his constituents to pray for rain. 

That guy is a fucking moron.

Thanks everyone for all the location beta! Y’all are so awesome! Leaning towards Vegas or Spokane. Vegas moreso, if my job approves it. I travel about 50% for work, so the major airport is super convenient, and I like the driving distance to other crags / states / national parks. Also like that Vegas is an attraction for family and friends to visit. 

Kieran Huntwrote:

Thanks everyone for all the location beta! Y’all are so awesome! Leaning towards Vegas or Spokane. Vegas moreso, if my job approves it. I travel about 50% for work, so the major airport is super convenient, and I like the driving distance to other crags / states / national parks. Also like that Vegas is an attraction for family and friends to visit. 

Yeah, and the climbing is amazing. Red Rock Canyon, Charleston, J-tree, St. George, Zion. All rather close. 

Given your travel schedule, Vegas would be a great choice!  One of my favorite places to climb. 

Albuquerque checks all of your boxes. 

Kieran Huntwrote:

Thanks everyone for all the location beta! Y’all are so awesome! Leaning towards Vegas or Spokane. Vegas moreso, if my job approves it. I travel about 50% for work, so the major airport is super convenient, and I like the driving distance to other crags / states / national parks. Also like that Vegas is an attraction for family and friends to visit. 

Spokane has pretty decent local climbing but it's pretty far to most other major climbing destinations, it's even a 4 hour drive to Washington's premier crags. Even Vegas is technically closer to city of rocks than Spokane. 

Kyle Elliottwrote:

 Even Vegas is technically closer to city of rocks than Spokane. 

This kind of blew my mind. Fact-checked it just now on Google Maps, and yes it is true.

Where I live (Sacramento) is also closer to City of Rocks than Spokane is. Strange.

Living in WA, it is true that you are quite isolated from the main western US climbing scene. 

Maybe you'd like reno.