Best Rock Climbing Area Camping?
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John Wilder wrote:because miguels, despite the tasty food and awesome scene, is a friggin hole for camping. you couldnt pay me to camp there. does Canada count? because Squamish is awesome- probably my favorite campground so far.I agree, I won't stay at Miguel's anymore. I stayed at Lago Linda's a couple weeks ago and it was much better! LL's is $3 more but has free showers, private sites, and no groups of idiots yelling until 4am. |
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Lovers Leap!!! Rack up and climb. |
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First order of business: Take Miguel's off the list. It sucks, and there are plenty of threads in which I've explained why. |
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While I've only been to the Red once, I found the tent camping at Natural Bridge State Park to be quite nice. It's probably more pricey than most of the areas listed so far, but I spent 9 days there and found it to be pretty darn sweet. I was extremely glad that I didn't opt for the refugee camp at Miguel's. Nothing against the establishment, I ate there a couple of times and was blown away by the pizza, but that's just not my scene anymore. |
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!! /:-( I guess I haven't outgrown the Miguels scene.....but so much hate!,,,! agree that Lago Linda's is a good spot at the Red. |
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Nick Mardirosian wrote: I agree, I won't stay at Miguel's anymore. I stayed at Lago Linda's a couple weeks ago and it was much better! LL's is $3 more but has free showers, private sites, and no groups of idiots yelling until 4am. John Wilder wrote: agreed. Linda's is much better. If you climb outside of the southern region, its a bit far, but the scene there is pretty awesome and the quiet is much appreciated when i'm planning on actually climbing the next day!Thanks for the bookmark guys. I'm gonna check out Lago Linda's next time I get down there. I love the food and conversation at Miguel's, but it gets ridiculous when it's time to quiet down for the evening. |
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+1 for tres piedras NM. Easy access, great camping a stones throw away from world class climbing. |
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+1 for leavenworth, WA. Great scenic area. |
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J-Tree? You can belay from your tent. |
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The Final List... Unless someone has more to add:
Turkey Rocks (CO) - quiet and free Shelf Road (CO) - scenic and cheap City of Rocks (ID) - scenic and convenient Indian Creek (UT) - scenic, remote, free, and lawless Enchanted Tower (NM) currently debatable - remote Leavenworth (WA) - scenic Tres Piedras (NM) Unaweep (CO) 11 Mile Canyon (CO) Lime Creek (CO) Maple Canyon (UT) - convenient and plush New River Gorge (WV) - Rogers Campground and Chestnut Creek Campground North Rim of the Black Canyon (CO) Banks Lake (WA) - scenic and no crowds Squamish (B.C. Canada) Red River Gorge (KY) - Miguels Campground - Challenged! Devils Lake (WI) - Green Valley Campgrounds Cochise Stronghold (AZ) Penitente Canyon (CO) Wild Iris (WY) Smith Rock State Park (OR) - Bivy Site Lovers Leap (CA) Joshua Tree (CA) |
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thecornyman wrote:I'm jealous, all the camping in CA near the best rock is extremely over crowded.Huh? One of the best things about CA is the insane amount of free, amazing, crowd free camping near world class stone. If you are near crowds, then you need to explore other rock options. |
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Not that much climbing but the camping/climbing combo make it worth it: |
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Seth Derr wrote:The Gunks! Oh wait you said best camping. Never mind.+1 for Camp Slime! |
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Andrew Shoemaker wrote:And, btw, City of Rocks is in Idaho not ColoradoOr New Mexico, bouldering for weeks. |
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Had to add a couple that weren't on the list yet. |
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...and a couple more:
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Its been a while for me, but at Fremont Canyon a cool aspect to the camping is the dozens of bats zipping around at about 8' off the deck by the campfire. |
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Jon H wrote:Add Roger's Campground to the list at New River Gorge, WV. Very similar to Miguel's - fairly cheap and great party scene. If you want to avoid the scene, head over to Chestnut Creek which is just a couple miles up the road and offers private campsites, private showers, and only about $3 more per night.Roger's is not cheap. As the poster above mentions, there are loads of other camping options at the New that offer such amenities as actual plumbing, showers, and flat ground for only $2-3 more, to say nothing of quiet. I love the social scene at Roger's, but it is just not a good deal. |
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mission wrote: Roger's is not cheap. As the poster above mentions, there are loads of other camping options at the New that offer such amenities as actual plumbing, showers, and flat ground for only $2-3 more, to say nothing of quiet. I love the social scene at Roger's, but it is just not a good deal.I can't say enough good things about Roger himself but I think I'll be staying at Chestnut from now on. It actually has showers and bathrooms, individual sites, fire rings at each site, tables at each site and it's nice and quiet when it's time to go to sleep. I spent three years staying at Rogers almost every weekend I was in school and I love the guy to death, but when I head to the NRG now I go to get stuff done, not to be hung over the next day or sleepy because people keep walking past my tent all night stacked right up against a ton of other tents. And +1 for nixing Miguels. There's Nat'l Forest camping that's way better, Lago Lindas, and a new place near the Muir. Go to Miguels, get pizza, buy your gear if you need something but don't stay there. I stayed there in March and I won't stay there ever again. It's too loud and (in my personal opinion) out of control to get decent rest and relaxation at the end of the day. The people that come in for the weekend come to party first, climb second it seems like. And the camping sucks period. It is relatively hard to find a dry spot on a crowded weekend if it's been raining that week and half of it is so low lying that it never dries out. But it is cheaper than all hell. |
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CIty Of Rocks is my favorite. |