Courtright

[susan]

Hah volumes of fun must have been had regardless of the weather! Funny how the weather turned at Lunesta Fiesta too.


Please do post photos if you get some, would love to see! Wow inverted OW/levitation climbing sounds amazing! And a new 5.6D!






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[DaveyTree]

I still laugh at the 5.6d. We decided to poke fun at the 5.6+ rated route on the wall. Good laughs.

[DaveyTree]

Good time today at Tiger Cage. Been years since I climbed there. Fun little wall. Did a couple 5.9s and three.10b routes. With five of us there was always someone to Belay. Weather was cool in the shade with nice breeze.

Anyone climb on Upper Tier. Looks like many crack routes of fun.

[susan]

Yes we climbed there this season a couple of times - really sweet place! What I love about this crag, aside from being pretty and offering shade & sun options, well, shade at least for some belay spots, is the variety of climbing in both the types of climbs and also for a wide range of difficulty levels.

A couple of shots :


Brandon climbing the all star crack - forget the exact name


Rog on Tiger's Not a Dog

[DaveyTree]

Yah, fun routes. Ever climb on the wall above it, Upper Tier?

[susan]

Not been on that upper tier yet.

[DaveyTree]

I saw Upper Tier mentioned in the guide book, w/o any topo or route descriptions, but have never climbed there. It says there are a few .10 climbs and a couple sets of anchors on top of it. I walked up to check it out and it appeared to be slightly less steep than Tiger Cage but loaded with cracks. It did not appear to have any bolted face climbs like T-Cage. Probably 15+ crack lines. Looks like a good time.

While walking around when we first got there I made my way to far climbers right of Tiger Cage and could see the lake. The island was completely out of the water and you could have walked out to it. By the time we finished at Tiger Cage and drove over to the lake to get check out the island, the water had risen to needing a boat or possibly wading out. We scratched the plan and had beers on the dam. With the daily draining and pumping in/out of Wishon for hydro power it appears the best time to try for the island would be in the morning before the water level rises again.

[DaveyTree]

I just called the Ranger station in Prather. I was told the road to Courtright is open.

[John]

Does that mean one could drive all of the way to Courtright and climb or is it just unlocked? Do tell....

[wingnut]

Friends of mine drove in last weekend and climbed. I imagine there is fresh snow however after yesterday and today's storm

[John]

Woohoo!!

That's good enough for me to be convinced it is open. There's no way any snow will stick this late in the season.

[mungeclimber]

Thinkin fondly of CR trips from a while back...