Your idea of a perfect year of climbing by month/ area

Jan Bishop/Jackson Hole
Feb Patagonia
Mar Catalonia
Apr Arapiles
May Indian Creek
Jun Yosemite
Jul The Needles/Sawtooths
Aug Squamish/Bugs
Sept The Hulk/RMNP
Oct Kalymnos
Nov Zion/Red Rocks
Dec Alaska/Utah

Throw in a Sprinter van and one of those ATW plane tickets, and you got yourself a pretty rad adventure.

I'm thinking of taking a year off when I finish grad school, so I'm going to stick to a road trip, and start in September.

September: Yosemite
October: Indian Creek/Zion
November: Bishop
December: Red Rocks
January: Hueco
February: Hueco
March: 1/2 Horsepens 40
1/2 Red River Gorge
April: 1/2 Red River Gorge
1/2 Boone, NC
May: 1/2 New River Gorge
1/2 Rumney
June: 1/2 Spearfish/VC
1/2 Tensleep
July: 1/2 Tensleep
1/2 Lander, WY
August: Squamish

Here is a Southeastern/motor-transport version...
Speaking only regarding the areas I know and frequent...
Keeping it confined to the Tennnessee, Alabama, Georgia, and Carolina...all driving, all easy trips out of major metro areas.

December and January: Cold but not frigid calls for warm sandstone favoring The Tennessee Wall, Tallulah Gorge, and Steele (AL).

February: Only the warmest sandstone and granite at lower elevations....The Tennessee Wall, Stone Mountain (NC), others.

March through May: The rainy season...but good temps mean one has got to be out and about, preferrably under roofs...for this, you can climb some of our steep sport routes or, I prefer to head to either The Tennessee Wall or Whitesides and chase dry rock.

---- This is a good time to escape the precipitation and get on an airplane to the desert or someplace dry. The Southern-Utah desert has been nice for this.

June, July, August: For these months, when the temperatures rarely dip below 85 degrees in the TAG and low elevation NC crags, swim-friendly sandstone and granite walls at higher elevations are the place where I spend my time....a couple spots in extreme NE AL and anything in the Highlands/Cashiers/Sapphire (NC) areas to include Whitesides, Laurel Knob, and the Panthertown Valley....I hear the Blue Ridge and parts of Linville are nice as well.

---- This is a good time to escape the heat and get on an airplane to a high altitude destination.

September, October, and November: Prime climbing/roadtripping/camping season in the South....My Fall almost always commences with a trip to Laurel Knob for the long Labor Day weeekend with copius amounts of climbing all over the SE for the remainder of the cool temps, changing colors, and minimla rain. I love the TAG and Western NC backocuntry in the Fall.

So, yeah...for a very SE-centric look at my ideal year, there you have it.
Destinations are all within 6-7 hours driving distance of home, most much closer.

Heavy foot, will travel.

My continuous driving and logistically and seasonally sound, attainable road trip:

Jan-- Potrero
Feb-- Hueco
March--RRG
April--NRG
May--Arkansas
June--Rifle
July--Ten Sleep
August--Squamish
Sept.-- Washington Cascades
Oct--Smith
Nov--catch up on sex and sleep
Dec--catch up on skiing

My international "road" trip:

Jan--Patagonia
Feb--Venezuela
March--Catalunya, Spain
April-Mallorca, Spain
May--Meteora, Greece
June--Rocklands, SA
July--Grampians, Au.
Aug--Bugaboos, BC
Oct--YangShuo, China
Nov--Thailand
Dec--Thailand

I will stick to places I've been - there may be better:
Mar - Red Rocks or J Tree
Apr - Red Rocks or J Tree
May - Bishop
June,July - Yosemite - (I know the walls are hot, but its not crowded).
Aug - High Sierra. Wouldn't miss it.
Sep, Oct - Its nice anywhere, West or East. Boulder or the Gunks, perhaps? West Virginia?
Nov - Red Rocks or Southeast
Dec/Jan/Feb - I'm old and need time to rest, Florida or Texas- no climbing

Next year - the same (only different).

Austin Baird wrote:Jan - Potrero Feb - Mount Lemmon Mar - J Tree Apr - Eldo May - Smith\Cascades June - City of Rocks July - Maple\LCC\BCC August - RMNP Sept - Tensleep Oct - Yosemite Nov - Creek\Canyonlands\Moab Dec - Red Rocks

T-Wall and surrounding areas are stellar. Sick trail running (especially on the Cumberland Plateau) and swimming in blue holes all around Chattanooga (Soddy Daisy, etc.) as well. River Inn Catfish House just down from the T-Wall (on the Tennessee River) is as good as catfish gets. Plus Shuford's BBQ at the base of Signal Mountain has a $2-$3 (or it did every time I went there) pulled pork/pulled chicken sandwich.

I mentioned the TWall....
I can wax poetic for hours about the glorious nature of Chattanooga in the Fall to include reasons why BBQ and beer taste better, the aesthetic qualities of the leaves against the sandstone or river banks or backcountry asphalt, what the 45 degree air feels like when perched high on sunbaked TAG sandstone wearing not more than your favorite pair of shorts....etc, etc, etc.
If you can miss the hunt dates, that is.