Fun crag for the 4th of July
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My GF and I are currently in South Lake Tahoe and would like to figure out a place to spend a few days including the 4th of July before heading back to Boulder. |
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Jackson |
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Lover's Leap sounds perfect for you. It is about an hour's drive, and has LOTS of classic multi-pitch trad lines below 5.9 or so. (I was looking for trad up to 5.8, and I felt spoiled for choice. Surrealistic Pillar to Corrugation Corner is a lovely link-up: 6 pitches of 5.7 trad.) |
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The campsite at the base will likely be packed full. Camp down the road at Phantom Spires for free, next to the crag, and just distance to lovers leap if you want to climb there as well. The upper spire has Ginger BRead, a great moderate two pitch climb. |
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Arin wrote:The campsite at the base will likely be packed full. Camp down the road at Phantom Spires for free, next to the crag, and just distance to lovers leap if you want to climb there as well. The upper spire has Ginger BRead, a great moderate two pitch climb.Right, the road to Phantom Spires was where I was thinking of for guerrilla camping. I just couldn't remember the name off-hand. A day or two of climbing at the spires is worth it, too. I found Gingerbread to be good climbing, but the fact that the flakes were so hollow made me just not trust my gear. |
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check out the Jungle in Utah... great camping high above the desert and you'll have the place to yourselves. |
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Thanks all! I'm actually already at Lover's Leap and just about to start the SP/CC linkup. This place is indeed incredible. |
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wfscot wrote:Thanks all! I'm actually already at Lover's Leap and just about to start the SP/CC linkup. This place is indeed incredible.Enjoy the climbing! |