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Rainy day climbing in the Dacks

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AJV · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2013 · Points: 105

Hi - I've got a trip planned to the dacks next week. It looks like we'll have at least a couple days of rain. Are there any walls that stay relateively dry? Also, which dry quickest once the rain passes?
Thanks!

MaxSuffering · · KVNY · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 0

P1 of Kingdom Come at the King Wall stays dry in any downpour. Run some laps on it and TR the unnamed .12a to the right. P1 of Elusive Dream stays dry but the roof above isn't big enough to keep dripping water out of your chalkbag, fortunately the dripping ends shortly after the rain does.

When the rain stops the first place to head is Pitchoff. Roaches, Raging Raven, Running of the Bulls, Disputed, Petes and The El all seem to dry as soon as it stops raining.

Upper and Lower Washbowl cliffs dry quickly as does Frosted Mug area at the Beer Walls.

MBX5 Barnas · · Arvada · Joined Feb 2007 · Points: 165
Kevin Heckeler wrote:I'm not willing to crawl through the fourm to find them, but numerous posts and threads in the past year have discussed this very Gunks subject. There's also Gunks.com Maybe try a search for /rain gunks/ and see what turns up. In the late Winter/Spring this year we had a talk about what strategies people employ when deciding if the drive to a climbing area was worth it because of forecast or prior weather.
They are asking about the Adirondack's not the Gunks
Kevin Heckeler · · Las Vegas, NV · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 1,616
MBX5 wrote: They are asking about the Adirondack's not the Gunks
Not sure WTF I was thnking. Edited my posts to reduce the eye and mind sore!! lol

What's funny that is as much as I like the ADKs, I can't think of anyplace that dries fast or stays dry during rain. The Gunks are definitely a better option! :-D
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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