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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 9, 2013 - 11:57pm PT
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I am not an ice climber....not yet at least. I'm going to Alaska for the second half of August. I'll be flying into Anchorage and making my way up to Denali National Park. Anyone have any beta for climbing up there for a non ice climbing trad / wall climbing non ice California boy who grew up on the beach??? ;) I'll be up there with my girlfriend, so doing some trad cragging / <8ish pitch moderate routes would be cool
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jul 10, 2013 - 12:10am PT
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Hatchers Pass/ Archangel Valley bout as good as it's gonna get.. Toto is a good but easy trad route. Archangel a truly fantastic little valley .. magical. There is another 3 pitch quality harder route up a bit further around the left on the same formation dunno the name .. it didnt have a name when I snagged all the fixed pins that Garvey put in it... lol
Oh man .. we do lack for easy access rock up there. Multipitch trad.!!?? haha not much pickins.
Ice though.. yeah lots of that..
PM me for some contacts to show you around if it can work out.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 10, 2013 - 12:52am PT
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August is a good time to go to the Brooks Range - the skeeters will be dying
off towards the end of the month. Hatcher Pass - you don't go to The Great
Land to climb crappy choss even if the scenery is passable. I'd rather go fishing.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jul 10, 2013 - 01:02am PT
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Crappy choss?? Hatchers.. dude it's the finest rock we have to offer without another 300 miles of driving...
Just because one of my first exclamations about Yosemite was "the worst most obscure piece of rock they got here beats our best" doesn't mean it's bad does it?
I swear the stuff folks overlook in Yosemite we would completely grid bolt and climb till it ground to dust up there it would be so good.
No but seriously the first and 3rd pitch of Toto are really good..Even pretty good by Yosemite standards.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 10, 2013 - 01:03am PT
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Up around Fairbanks there are: the Granite Tors, Mt Prindle (1 day hike in if you have high clearance 4wd), and strangely limestone at Pineapple rock. I don't really know where you would go for local approach beta, maybe Beaver Sports.
I would love for someone to set me straight about the real possibilities.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jul 10, 2013 - 01:04am PT
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^^^ Like I said another 300 miles of driving..heh
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 10, 2013 - 01:25am PT
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thanks for the input everyone
Toto looks rad!
Hatcher is looking a little better than a "choss pile"
The climbing gym in Anchorage and contacting the AAC Alaskan Section would be additional sources of info and folks who might get out with you.
Thanks for the gym beta, I'll stop by there and pick their brains.
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
California
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Jul 10, 2013 - 02:55am PT
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Toto is quality.
Dear Gawd man, it's HATCHER Pass. Not Hatcher's. Didn't you go to school in Palmer??
Prezwoods here has a 2nd edition for his SC AK rock guidebook. It has about all the chossfests and a few non-chossfests covered.
http://www.alaskarockclimbing.com/
Alaska Mountain Forum used to be a good source for some stuff, but it looks defunct at the moment.
I think I have a bunch of Hatcher stuff digital, hit me up and I can see if I can find it. It is still adventurous if you move away from the obvious crags like the Monolith and the rock with Snowflake on it.
If you've got a few hours go do Sunshine Ridge south of Anchorage on the highway. Screw what everyone says about the rock quality, that is a route you'll never forget. 5.5(?) and probably 400'.
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