Sled season has arrived. Unfortunately summer snuck in for two months in the middle of winter so sledding has been limited. The good news is that means sessions in Columbia State Park and Table Mountain have a had a great winter season. I even managed to get down to Pinnacles with Factor4boy and climb the […]
Its December now. Snow may finally be arriving this week. The Pass closed again today, and likely for the season. That won’t stop climbing at Table Mtn, but as the upper 108 season mellows out to sport climpin and boulder squeezin down the hill I start to relect. The SPH Climber Get Together seemed to […]
Like all good blogs, interest in posting wanes. The forum continues at a snail’s pace with post counts increasing in the late Spring, Summer and Autumn (climbers don’t have a fall season). What happened since the last post? Multiple seasons. New routes. New areas. Revisited old areas. More fires. The Dardanelle Resort came back though! […]
Snow still covers some forest service roads, but the highway is open to Kennedy Meadows. Typically that means Chipmunk Flat and Burst Rock are definitely going to be a little ways off before being accessible. However, there is a ton of rock between Sonora and the gate closure that is accessible. Typically Quickie Mart, Legoland, […]
This has been one of the biggest snow years on record. A late Pass opening is expected this season. Dodge Ridge has tons of snow. Snow mobiling dealerships are practically sold out of inventory. And the Columbia Arboretum had five feet of water in it. Waterfalls on Table Mtn were in full swing, so a […]
End of 2016 means cooler temps, but easy access to the Pass. Miwok was skiing yesterday. I drove to the top of Pinterest Peak. Some snow, but driveable. I would love to see more water, but as long as I’m climbing, I’ll take it. Hope you’re getting out!
End of 2016 climbing season seems to be approaching. Colors of Autumn are in full blaze at Chipmunk Flat and Golden Staircase areas. Temperatures dipped significantly on Sunday afternoon thru today with the Pass closing temporarily. I managed to get out with Miwok and Vic to climb on some new high country granite. Hope to have […]
Well, two months in. Not many climbers at the crags, not many people posting. I have to remind myself that SPH will never be a Yosemite with a deep reservoir of climbers posting a lot. And yet, I’m surprised that there aren’t more climbers on SPH. The granite at a lot of the destinations is […]
What to say in a first post of a Mungeblog? Just transitioned from the old host to the new host. The Installatron version capability didn’t actually work. Fixing it will require editing the database possibly hundreds of times. Unfortunately, it is a more valuable use of my time to just create a new forum. I’ve still got the old […]
