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Best Rock Climbing Area Camping?

Peter Franzen · · Phoenix, AZ · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 3,730

3 pages and nobody has mentioned Ibex?

LeeAB Brinckerhoff · · Austin, TX · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 10,288
Dustin B wrote:+1 for tres piedras NM. Easy access, great camping a stones throw away from world class climbing.
??? world class climbing???
LeeAB Brinckerhoff · · Austin, TX · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 10,288
bruno-cx wrote:"Or New Mexico, bouldering for weeks." Did someone say Roy?

Has some pretty nice camping.
El Rito, NM too as someone else mentioned.
Frank K · · Bishop, CA · Joined Jun 2009 · Points: 30

Bishop has amazing camping

north rim black canyon

The national forest around paradise forks outside of flagstaff.

KillianW · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2011 · Points: 0

There's also free first-come first-serve camping next to Summersville Dam at the New. It's above the Gauley, just above Summersville lake. 20 min from endless wall and Fayetteville, but really close to Orange Oswald and the Meadow. It's hardly a secret, though-- you might have to deal with someone's family reunion next door.

I'd keep Roger's and on the list not because of the spectacular scenery (it's a field in a backyard, what do you want?) but because of the people. It really is kinda the local hangout, and it's a great place to get beta and hook up with partners/new friends.

+1 for the AAC climber's ranch in the Tetons. Pricier, and not really "camping", but again it's where the climbers gather. And it does have damn good scenery. There are backcountry sites close to classic routes that blow the views there out of the water, but it seems like people are talking car-camping here.

I also have to add Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills needles.

Andy Hansen · · Longmont, CO · Joined Sep 2009 · Points: 3,296
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.
I don't appreciate being called an idiot. But really you're right. The best thing Miguel's has going for them is the food and the rad people you meet there. I slept in a car to avoid any yelling idiots on the nights I wanted to get some sleep and not swill into the wee hours of the morning.
jmapping · · Carbondale, co · Joined Sep 2008 · Points: 766

K. I updated the data. I added the camping at the Buttermilks (Bishop) as I feel like the Pit is kind of just a gravel yard with fun people. If anyone wants to disagree feel free. I wasn't quit sure of the location of the camping at the Summersville Dam.

The Map:
google.com/fusiontables/Dat…

The Graph:
google.com/fusiontables/Dat…

bradyk · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2010 · Points: 141

Rocks Ranch in Hueco Tanks, TX would be a Miguels, only in the South and no pizza. Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Arkansas definately needs to be on there. You camp in the Ozark Mountains right under 100's of Boulder/Sport/Trad Sandtone routes.

jmapping · · Carbondale, co · Joined Sep 2008 · Points: 766

Thanks Bradyk. I am going to need to work through this data a bit so we can more accurately map the camp ground locations rather than the area or crag (which I have been doing most of the time).

If anyone out there has the motivation,
please find the camping area in google maps, right click on that location, select the "Whats here?" option, and copy and paste the coordinates that register in the search bar to this thread. I can use those to map the exact locations. Why you might ask? Because we can and its useful for us to plan road trips. I want to share the results of this with everybody for the longer-term.

NOTE: I added an attribute "Location Precision" that has notes for the locations I need your input to map. If you click on a point on the map you will see this attribute information.

Here is the general level of accuracy we currently have.
google.com/fusiontables/Dat…

Thanks all.

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