Spark Notes:
Sunday: cragging at the Bubble and the Far Side, Mt St Helena (Robert Louis Stevenson State Park, Calistoga CA
Song of the Weekend: Beautiful Day - U2 (Spotify)
Not much to write here...just a day out cragging with friends. Campo just got to town, and Eddie was in town for work. Galina also came out, as did Bennett, Maia, Dan and a few others that I was meeting for the first time. I think Mt. St Helena's a great place to climb, but the funky pockets, occasionally sharp rock, and sometimes difficult to solve sequences make the place a little harder on beginners. This is offset by the fact that it's a beautiful setting in the hills above wine country.
So, make your own choice, definitely better to climb than just sit around for a day right? The lower toproping area also might be more friendly.
The only actually useful beta from the day:
- if you're a hang glider, this is apparently a popular launch spot (driving up the fire road)
- watch out for poison oak on the trail from the Bubble to the Far Side
- there are several routes not mentioned in the SuperTopo at the Far Side, they were somewhere between 5.9 and 5.10b and were fun.
We'll see if I can stay current on my posts, and maybe even work back to posting a bit about the (surprisingly active) summer trips.
Ticklist:
Guidebook: Bay Area Topropes (Supertopo)
Shute-Mills (5.9) - very fun
New Tradition (5.7) - okay, little cruxy at the 2nd or 3rd move
Mystery Hole (5.9R) - manageable runout, on easy ground
Feelin' Your Oats (5.10aR) - manageable runout, not too bad
...and 2 5.9-10b routes not identified in my guidebook
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