Best climbing towns?
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camhead wrote: Salt Lake City really sucks. It is over 90%+ Mormon and there are no bars. Don't go there.More like 50%, and there are some great bars in SLC. you need to get out more, and experience the wonders of Utah. |
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Re: Durango |
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Sam Feuerborn wrote:Re: DurangoThere is also prime bouldering close to town, which is great if you only have a short lunch break from work. Summers revolve around climbing and biking; skiing and ice climbing are the winter focuses - very outdoorsey all year round. The town is pretty into being green and has a lot of sustainability projects. Durango is a hippie town similar to Boulder 20 years ago. Great town, great people, chill environment. A+! |
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If you've got a nice trust fund Bend, Oregon is nice. |
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+10 for SLC. Everytime I visit friends there I am amazed at all the new bars, restaurants, and coffee shops that are popping up. |
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Anybody mentioned San Diego? Weather doesn't get much more temperate. (summer's a little hot but no humidity) Only thing is that you couldn't really bike to the climbing areas (unless you lived close to a local one like Mt. Woodson) but you'd be within a couple hours driving distance to WORLD CLASS climbing. (j-tree, tahquitz, etc.) Plus there are some phenominal local climbing areas and even some new stuff that is freakin' sweet. |
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The Larry wrote:toothless tweeker chicks to get you through the night.Funny ass shit, The Larry. Flag Rules. |
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If I could pick anywhere it would definitely be Durango. Unfortunately work isn't very easy to come by there. As it is, i'm in Denver now but i'm counting the days until I can move back to the Salt Lake/Park City area. |
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Sam Lightner, Jr. wrote:Chattanooga is great, but it puts you a long way away from mountains.I just got home from Chattanooga at midnight last night. It was freakin awesome. We went to T-Wall and LRC, and they are literally 20 mins. from town. I know those aren't 'mountains', but I think Western NC (Linville, Boone, Smokies, etc.) is fairly close to Chattanooga. There is apparently a ton more climbing right outside of Chattanooga. Chattanooga was a cool town too. Got Lupi's pizza and then went to a bar that has 200 beers. We went to Mt. Lemmon last April and had a blast. I really liked Tucson as a town too. I guess the down side to either Tucson or Chattanooga is they can both be hot in the summer. Also humid in TN. With that said, I'm moving to Denver at the end of this month. But I am making a point to get back to Chattanooga for three or four days before I head out west. Again, awesome area. |
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Eric D wrote:Tucson is one of the most underrated climbing towns in the U.S. I would feel confident saying that we have more perfect climbing days than any other U.S. city. When it gets hot in summer, go high on Mt. Lemmon to the cool temps. Great sport climbing in winter (the dry), great sport in summer (the orifice), great adventure climbing in winter (Cochise/Mendoza), great adventure climbing in summer (the Reef). Not to mention the 100s of other good locations around Tucson. Cost of living is super cheap. And the climbing community is really excellent.+1 I moved to Tucson 7 years ago so I could climb year-round. It is truly spectacular. Trad, Sport, Multipitch, Singlepitch, Roadside, Adventure - Tucson has it all. And you can truly climb comfortably year-round. My only complaint is that I don't get things around the house done because I'm always out climbing! |
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Placerville CA |
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What about Ogden, UT? I read some good things but don't know how it might relate to climbing or other outdoor rec. opportunities and resources |
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Got some contenders here, I'd say Flagstaff or Durango are at the top of my list and probably would be pretty happy in either area. Both sound like they have climbing/bouldering within biking distance, plenty of other areas to hit within a few hours drive for year round climbing, bit cheaper than boulder with fewer yuppies and not too big of cities with all the annoying city folk. Tuscon was up there, but I've been through shortly and gotta agree that it's not to appealing on the eyes, sorry to say. Chatty, while it sounds great, seems to be lacking the multi-pitch aspect that you could find in red rocks or the black. |
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Not that I'm trying to sell you on Chattanooga, I was wondering this more out of my own personal curiosity and we were talking about it last night. |
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bernard wrote:What about Ogden, UT? I read some good things but don't know how it might relate to climbing or other outdoor rec. opportunities and resourcesHaving once lived in the Ogden Utah area I can definately say that the climbing there is good and close to home. There isn't really much in the way of GYM's right now but being a five or so minute drive from the crags is not a bad deal. |
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Geir Hundal wrote: My only complaint is that I don't get things around the house done because I'm always out climbing!+1 |
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Tracy Ellingson wrote: More like 50%, and there are some great bars in SLC. you need to get out more, and experience the wonders of Utah.Look, I caught another one! |
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i would have to give a nod to san diego as well...mostly because it's not landlocked, therefore, starts off better with just that fact. you can hit up southern/mid-arizona in a couple of short hours (driving in a straight line, so it seems shorter when you tie off the wheel and take a nap on the way). |
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Andrew Gram wrote:As it is, i'm in Denver now but i'm counting the days until I can move back to the Salt Lake/Park City area.I hear you! I lived in Denver for a year and counted down the hours to return home to the Wasatch front. I know Ogden pretty well too, and I would recommend staying away at all costs. There is a terrible gang problem, the climbing gyms are tiny (think birthday party walls), there is a bouldering field but it's covered with copious amounts of gang grafitti, and worst of all, the tiny ding-bat mayor and his money-hungry cronies are ruining the whole town and surrounding open spaces, crags included. envisionogden.org/Articles/… |
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camhead wrote: Look, I caught another one!Ha, that's kinda funny. Thanks for all the input ya'll. I'm still leaning toward Tucson, but we're still considering some other areas too. |