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jacob
Oct 8, 2003, 12:16 AM
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I'm considering signing up for the student conservation society, in order to spend four weeks at a national park for free. I was wondering which parks offer the most climbing oppurtinities. ive been climbing for almost a year, and I mainly boulder, but I also might get a sport rack. My three top choices are: Rocky Mountain N.P. Co.; Glacier N.P. Mt.; and Denali N.P. Ak. Any information regarding these parks would be helpful.
thanks.
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mike_ok
Oct 8, 2003, 12:29 AM
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Don't forget the Tetons. Not only are there tons of classic routes, but the town of Jackson is a sweet hangout.
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telemarkist
Oct 8, 2003, 12:41 AM
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yosemite?
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onelung
Oct 8, 2003, 12:43 AM
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Yosemite?...you mean they climb there?
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dhaulagiri
Oct 8, 2003, 12:56 AM
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The bouldering in RMNP is pretty incredible and that is also a great place for other kinds of climbing. I will say that the bouldering there tends to be pretty difficult, although I haven't been there for about 2 years. Lots of problems in the double digits.
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jacob
Oct 8, 2003, 12:59 AM
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Yosemite isn't one of the choices they offer. Nor is Joshua Tree. I prolly shoulda said that, I knew people were gonna say Yosemite.
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onelung
Oct 8, 2003, 1:13 AM
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In reply to: Yosemite isn't one of the choices they offer. Nor is Joshua Tree. I prolly shoulda said that, I knew people were gonna say Yosemite.
Thanks for that little nugget of info.
Great opportunity, enjoy where ever you go.
bill
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braon
Oct 8, 2003, 2:47 AM
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What time of year is this little excursion? That would probably have an impact on your climbing opportunities.
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mountnotyalc
Oct 8, 2003, 4:28 AM
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i wouldn't go to glacier for bouldering or sport climbing because there is only one climbable crag about one hour away...most of the climbing would be mountaineering.
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crackaddict
Oct 8, 2003, 4:31 AM
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The one that has rocks to climb is the best.
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reno
Oct 8, 2003, 4:33 AM
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Rocky, because it offers more varied types of climbing than anywhere else I am aware of...
Get up early, bag an Alpine route on the Petit, Hallett's, or Sharksfin. Then get back down, hit some boulders, and call it a night. The next day, run up some trad and sport lines at Lumpy all day. On the third day, get up early again, summit a 14'er using snow/ice gear, and head down, get back in the car, and drive home.
In one three day weekend, you've covered most types of climbing...
Don't know of too many places you can pull this off. Hence, for the "Best" overall National Park Climbing destination, you'd be hard pressed to beat Rocky.
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rockprodigy
Oct 8, 2003, 4:33 AM
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Brother, it really depends on what you want to do. If you wanna climb mountains, Rainier, N. Cascades, Tetons, and Glacier would be good. If you want to sit in the rain, Denali would be good (or any other AK park). If you want to boulder?? Maybe the Tetons or RMNP? Will this be in the middle of summer? If so, I would think North, like forget Southern Utah parks like Zion/Arches/Canyonlands. For multi-pitch trad, Tetons or RMNP would be good. For cragging, both sport and trad, RMNP would probably be the best. Another cool place is the Black Canyon, but with your level of experience, you probably wouldn't get much climbing in. What about Devil's Tower? The City of Rocks is not a "park" per se, but if you could go there, it would be tits. Tons of bouldering, sport and trad, plus there's a climbing ranger who would probably belay you. have fun!
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bishopclimber
Oct 8, 2003, 5:48 AM
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Rocky Mtn National Park is a good choice.
You might want to check out Zion and Arches.
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jacob
Oct 8, 2003, 10:01 PM
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Wow that was really fast. Sometimes it takes days for people to reply on pbnation.com(paintball forum). It is in the summer. The session starts mid-june, and ends in mid-july. Thanks for all the help. I think RMNP is were I'll spend my summer. One more thing, I have a cordless d-lux,(awesome pad) and do you think it'd be worth it to hike it in to our base camp(prolly around an 8 mile hike w/ 2 packs plus crashpad)?
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mike_ok
Oct 9, 2003, 2:59 AM
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8 miles each way or 8 miles round trip? How long will you be at that camp? If its a couple of weeks, then an 8mile total trip is no big deal to have a sweet bed... if its only a few days to a week I would do it.
16 miles is a different deal... you gotta wonder if a full day is worth a mattress. (not really a full day... 16 miles with a load would probably take 5 to 6 hours.)
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coclimber26
Oct 10, 2003, 2:53 PM
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RMNP. So many good alpine routes and bouldering aswell. This time of year things are starting to snow and ice up and get much colder..
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