Trip Report
Northern Aspens (Montana Bouldering TR)
|
Monday April 13, 2009 6:46pm
|
|
Easter Sunday in the Boulder Batholith...fun in the sun.
Ron, Max and I met up with Kevin out in the Northern Aspens...which consequently really doesn't have many aspens...but it is north of the Aspens zone...It was yet another scoped but not yet climbed area. Kevin and the family spent the morning out there, so when we arrived Mojede gave us a tour of what he'd done so far and showed us the stuff that looked good to him. I was happily surprised at the amount of options, Kevin left us to do our thing and he went to go do the Easter thing...
Max on the FUPA Crack
After a bit of walking around, we figured we should mess around on this stuff...
Max on the FA of Off to the Races
Ron on another new line (not sure what he named this one)
The roof crack turned out to be a bit contrived...still fun to mess around on though
The bottom has more kitty litter than we'd like, but it's still unique and still a project...
Ron on Nomadic Chronicles
I then took the fellas to this thing..but it was still wet...so we did a bit of prepping and called it a day...
Hope y'all are getting out too!
Cheers!
Tom
TKingsbury
|
|
About the Author
TKingsbury is a trad climber from MT. |
Comments
Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 07:04pm PT
|
Hey look! A climbing TR! You can count on those Kingsbury boys. They might not be climbing El Cap every weekend, but they're out there, and happy to give us reports.
|
|
dogtown
Trad climber
Cheyenne, Wyoming and Marshall Islands atoll.
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 07:07pm PT
|
Man;
Way cool Tom,I just gotta get my ass up there and see you guy's!
|
|
bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 07:12pm PT
|
this thing looks amazingly, profoundly, monumentally good:
|
|
tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 07:20pm PT
|
Dang, that looks good, and a road right in the background to boot.
|
|
Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 07:20pm PT
|
No way this should get fewer bumps than t*r's religious thread. I don't do either, but if I had to choose between them, Bouldering would beat going to church any day. So thanks for posting and helping to keep this place real
If the bloody rain ever stops up here, I'll go climbing and post a TR, too.
|
|
yo
climber
Mudcat Spire
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 07:33pm PT
|
I heard philo quit.
|
|
Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 07:34pm PT
|
Last night Russ comented that you guys have too much rock, and too much fun on it.
He's right.
Keep up the good work!
|
|
drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 07:39pm PT
|
Duuuuuude. Sweeeeeet. Duuuuuude. Sweeeeeet.
|
|
mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 07:40pm PT
|
Easter Sunday was uber blue-bird and Spring like warm, making it a no brainer for a "church with the family" outing in the Batholith. It was nice having Tom, Ron, and Max come out and explore the day's area.
Going for the weird, balancy "mantle" move.
3 separate problems done on this formation.
(photo by Lyddie)
Molly, after being taped-up and persuaded to try a hand-crack. She succeeded after she thought about it and rested a bit.
A short, quick bulge problem going down.
A shirt was in order for this one--just getting to to the easier section, here.
edit: TKings, glad to see that you got to explore a touch, as well--there is mucho cool stuff along that North running ridge, great stone with easy walking.
|
|
goatboy smellz
climber
Gulf Breeze
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 07:58pm PT
|
Whatta know Montana has it's own banana belt.
Did you guys even have a winter up there this year?
|
|
scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 08:45pm PT
|
Well, I like the last photo quite a lot.
|
|
salad
Big Wall climber
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 08:53pm PT
|
coolio, thanks!
|
|
Porkchop_express
Trad climber
Springdale, UT
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 09:01pm PT
|
it always rains when im fixin to climb...but i'll keep trying!
looks like some more superb lines you guys are working, as per the usual M.O.
|
|
survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 09:06pm PT
|
Nice job!!
Good pictures. Nice that you're getting out in the great north!
|
|
TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
|
|
|
Author's Reply
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 09:13pm PT
|
Y'all are so kind! Thanks for all the comments...ekat is totally cracking me up over here!
Fun day for sure...nice and blue. Believe it or not, we had average snowpack(110%?) and I climbed almost every weekend this winter. Can't complain too much about the contrasts out here.
As for that last boulder, I too am pretty psyched...I'm sure you'll see updates in that thing in the coming weeks.
Again, thanks for being so kind. Not sure other people posting bouldering on here get this same response...
qoute of the day yesterday went to Max while exploring,
"I feel like a kid again!"
|
|
Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 09:19pm PT
|
Very fun! Great weather and photos. Thanks for taking the time to post it-
|
|
Ezra
Social climber
WA, NC, Idaho Falls
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 09:50pm PT
|
Do you guys ever work?
Kidding, well sort of...;)
|
|
MUR
climber
A little to the left of right
|
|
|
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 10:32pm PT
|
I have familia in Cardwell...how close? Is this up on the CD, or more toward Boulder? I'd love to attemp to pull down (lol) when I'm not fishing.
|
|
TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
|
|
|
Author's Reply
|
Apr 13, 2009 - 10:40pm PT
|
how close from Cardwell?! 20 minutes maybe??
If you make it this way, there is a ton to do, though it sounds like you may already know?
This stuff is near the CD...though on the eastern slope. The east side is climbable much of the year...
check out boulderbatholith.blogspot.com for more pics of recent stuff...
Ezra, I do actually rock a 'real' 40 hour a week gig...most of this stuff happens on the weekend...fortunate weather this season out there...:D
|
|
nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
|
|
|
|
Apr 14, 2009 - 12:55am PT
|
Down coats & hats...tee shirts ..no shirt.
So, what exactly are the temps for... Montana spring like warm.
|
|
Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
|
|
|
|
Apr 14, 2009 - 01:07am PT
|
Love all the pictures. Great way to get a look at the rest of the country and it's rocks and great way to crank a weekend. Nice moves pulling it down. peace, lynne
|
|
mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
|
|
|
|
Apr 14, 2009 - 02:20am PT
|
nita, on that particular fine holiday sunday, the pre-dawn temps were low 30's. By afternoon it passed the 60 degree mark (elevation and aspect dependent).
After a lionish snowy March, sunny and 60 is all that it takes for me to work on the "base layer".
I got out twice as many days in Dec, Jan, or Feb, than I did in March--the months that are the most weather dependent around here for dry climbing.
As noted on other threads, this state has some dramatic weather trends spread out across its vastness.
|
|
mcreel
climber
Barcelona
|
|
|
|
Apr 14, 2009 - 04:59am PT
|
Off to the Races looks like lots 'o fun. How many miles is that from Whiskey Gulch, the only place around there I've been to?
Edit: 20 mins from Cardwell? So, closer to Bozeman than Whiskey Gulch, I guess.
Is that old mine/cave in Lewis and Clark SP close by to there still getting developed? [confused]I think I saw some photos once upon a time[/confused]
|
|
TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
|
|
|
Author's Reply
|
Apr 14, 2009 - 09:24am PT
|
Whiskey takes more time to get to due to those back roads...this is a bit easier to get to. It's probably 4 or 5 miles from WG as the crow flies...
As for that cave...I heard one line was put up in it, but I haven't been out there for awhile...
|
|
J. Werlin
Social climber
Cedaredge, CO
|
|
|
|
Apr 14, 2009 - 12:07pm PT
|
The legend climbs on
|
|
mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
|
|
|
|
Apr 14, 2009 - 06:07pm PT
|
One more for t*r's bump...
Thrutch up the overhang/bulge with the right knee/leg until it "drops" into the wider part of the crack--cruiser wide after that.
|
|
Kartch
climber
belgrade, mt
|
|
|
|
Apr 16, 2009 - 11:51am PT
|
Hey Tom and mojede - thanks for posting the stoke.
Tom - congratulations for getting your picture of the tower published in Outside Bozeman. Your bio at the end was nice to.
Hope to see you out there this Spring. Just don't crowd my V1's.
|
|
TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
|
|
|
Author's Reply
|
Apr 16, 2009 - 12:02pm PT
|
Haha! Thanks Kartch!
Hope to see you out there too, though we may be shooting for the same problems!
|
|
|
 |
|
Recent Trip Reports
- The Kohala Ditch Trail: 36ish hrs on foot... to and from the headwaters. [5 of 5]
May 31, 2019; 11:57pm
- A Winter Traverse of the California section of the PCT Part 8
May 31, 2019; 11:18pm
- Supertopo,A trip report for posterity
May 31, 2019; 11:00pm
- Balch Fest 2013. Two Days in and Around and On The Flake. The Official Trip Report
May 31, 2019; 10:57pm
- TR: My visit to the Canoe
May 31, 2019; 10:24pm
- Death, Alpine Climbing, The Shield on El Cap
May 31, 2019; 4:07pm
- Andy Nisbet (1953-2019)
May 31, 2019; 2:11pm
- Drama on Baboquivari Peak
May 31, 2019; 1:19pm
- Joffre + The Aemmer Couloir: ski descents come unexpected catharsis [part 2]
May 31, 2019; 7:45am
- Lost To The Sea, by Disaster Master
May 30, 2019; 5:36am
- My Up And Down Life, Disaster Master
May 29, 2019; 11:44pm
- Halibut Hats and Climbers-What Gives?
May 29, 2019; 7:24pm
- G Rubberfat Overhang-First Ascent 1961
May 29, 2019; 12:28pm
- Coonyard Pinnacle 50 Years Later
May 29, 2019; 12:24pm
- Great Pumpkin with Mr Kamps and McClinsky- 1971
May 29, 2019; 12:02pm
- View more trip reports >
|
