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tradtimbo
Oct 21, 2005, 1:57 AM
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I'd like to see what people think about the various trad climbing crags around this great country. Obviously Yosemite is mecca, but what about the rest? Indian Creek, Eldo,.....rate em up and give this thread the best places you've been to.
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hibby11
Oct 21, 2005, 2:01 AM
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1. Yosemite
2. Indian Creek
3. Red Rocks
4. Monument Valley
My opinion
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vegastradguy
Oct 21, 2005, 2:23 AM
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Yos
Red Rock
JTree
Gunks
Moab Area
Boulder, CO Area
I know theres more, but thats my top o' the heap list....
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shaggyj
Oct 21, 2005, 2:31 AM
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Its a subjective question...
Yos
Gunks
IC
RMNP
Eldo
Lumpy
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trevzilla
Oct 21, 2005, 2:54 AM
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Redrocks!
Haven't been to any others though, looks like I might like yosemite a lot once I get there!
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lofstromc
Oct 21, 2005, 3:10 AM
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Tahquitz.
That was easy.
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pt
Oct 21, 2005, 3:12 AM
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Eldorado
Devils Tower
Needles, CA
Yosemite
RMNP
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joshy8200
Oct 21, 2005, 3:14 AM
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Yosemite
Red Rocks
Linville Gorge (counting all crags Shortoff, Amphitheatre, NC Wall, Table Rock, Hawksbill, Gold Coast Cliffs)
Gunks
Not in any particular order.
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alpine_monk
Oct 21, 2005, 3:17 AM
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THE EFFIN TETONS! duh.
Dorian
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wetyeti
Oct 21, 2005, 3:38 AM
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the needles, ca
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stabla
Oct 25, 2005, 3:43 PM
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Don't forget Looking Glass NC or stone mountain(mostly slab but some easy trad classics)
yahtzee
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euroford
Oct 25, 2005, 4:06 PM
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just tons and tons of good ones.
one of my favorites so far is lumpy ridge.
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akornylak
Oct 25, 2005, 4:40 PM
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Has NOONE here been to the Tennessee Wall??
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climboard
Oct 25, 2005, 5:05 PM
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In no particular order-
Yosemite
Eldo
NRG
Seneca Rocks
Gunks
Red Rocks
As far as the previous poster- I'm headed to T-Wall in a couple weeks, I'll get back to you on that one...
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snakeman
Oct 25, 2005, 5:14 PM
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1. Yosemite
2. Gunks
3. Willow Peak
4. Red Rocks
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bootleg
Oct 25, 2005, 5:27 PM
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Gunks actually got the #1 rating in Climbing Ragizine.
Linville Gorge is my favorite.
Check our website for pics. :wink:
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dough
Oct 25, 2005, 5:35 PM
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Yosemite
Gunks
Josh
Needles ( South Dakota )
RRG
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ambler
Oct 25, 2005, 6:54 PM
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Crag Y on the Kanc. Nothing else comes close.
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alpinerockfiend
Oct 25, 2005, 6:56 PM
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In reply to: THE EFFIN TETONS! duh. Dorian
The Tetons aren't considered a "trad cragging" venue. Even if they were, they still don't offer near the variety of rock climbing that most of the other aforementioned areas do.
Try again!
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alpine_monk
Oct 25, 2005, 7:33 PM
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^^^The title of the thread did not stipulate best "trad craggin" area, just the best trad area. Having climbed at most of the aforementioned areas, I stand by my conviction.
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curt
Oct 25, 2005, 8:15 PM
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Gunks
Joshua Tree
Needles of South Dakota
Tetons
Yosemite
Those are my favorite anyway.
Curt
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blueeyedclimber
Oct 26, 2005, 12:08 AM
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In reply to: Crag Y on the Kanc. Nothing else comes close.
OOOhhhh, a New England entry! I am intrigued. Tell me more.
Oh, btw, The GUNKS.
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ddriver
Oct 26, 2005, 2:21 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: THE EFFIN TETONS! duh. Dorian The Tetons aren't considered a "trad cragging" venue. Even if they were, they still don't offer near the variety of rock climbing that most of the other aforementioned areas do. Try again!
Oh really? The Tetons are one of the ONLY venues in the lower 48 that offers true traditional alpine climbing. You can do glacier approaches, mixed routes, snow and ice routes, water ice in the summer, multi-day rock routes, big walls, aid routes, high-standard free climbs, easy crag climbs, enchainments. Yeah, not much variety there. Man, there aren't many places that can match the variety of the Tetons. You should look a little closer.
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alpinerockfiend
Oct 26, 2005, 3:50 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: THE EFFIN TETONS! duh. Dorian The Tetons aren't considered a "trad cragging" venue. Even if they were, they still don't offer near the variety of rock climbing that most of the other aforementioned areas do. Try again! Oh really? The Tetons are one of the ONLY venues in the lower 48 that offers true traditional alpine climbing. You can do glacier approaches, mixed routes, snow and ice routes, water ice in the summer, multi-day rock routes, big walls, aid routes, high-standard free climbs, easy crag climbs, enchainments. Yeah, not much variety there. Man, there aren't many places that can match the variety of the Tetons. You should look a little closer.
I said the Tetons lacked variety because I was thinking of variety in strict terms of rock climbing. If you want to find a 5.10 handcrack in the Tetons, you're limited to 2 or 3 pitches of maybe 5 to 8 different routes, many of which require skills specific to the alpine environment that the regular "trad climber" doesn't have. Go to a "trad crag" and you're likely to find tons! Basically I'm trying to say that you don't have the same opportunity to pick and choose your routes as you do at other "trad crags" because you're limited by many different factors of the alpine environment.
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