Where to climb in the winter?

This is my first fall and winter out of college and I am free to move anywhere I want. So the question is where to go? I am looking for the best winter climbing area. I would like to stay in one area and get a job and climb. Shoot some ideas.

Squamish

Fort William, Scotland

momentum

Yeah, Vegas would be one of your best bets. Joshua Tree is great winter climbing, but not much of a job market (even though a friend found a job at the climbing shop, which was pretty sweet).

I just moved from Vegas and I'd have to say there is a plethora of good climbing within 1hr year round. Red rock is one of the best places in the fall-spring and I would just go up to my charleston in the summer when it was too hot to climb on the sandstone in the lower elevations. There's enough to keep any level of climbers busy for quite some time. And the gym in Henderson is a great place to meet good people

Joshua Tree... easily

TN

Has anybody heard anything about Smith Rock in the winter?

Justin Lofthouse wrote:Has anybody heard anything about Smith Rock in the winter?

Heard it can be cold.

San Diego has a bunch of crags pretty ok in the winter. So Cal in general might be good.

El Paso. Austin.

Phoenix.

bishop

ze_dirtbag wrote:bishop

What kind of job are you qualified for? There aren' a lot of options in Bishop, but depends on what you are willing to do for work.

I graduated this year in Recreation Resource Management and I currently work for Idaho State Parks in the City of Rocks. I would like a state park or fed job, but during the winter there is a lot of down sizing. I want to find a place that is related to working in a park or something and volunteer there 20 hr/wk and park my trailer there. Work the other 10 or 20 hours, and climb. So in short, I would be willing to work doing anything as long as I get in a lot of climbing. Ideal would be working for an organization, but volunteering and gaining experience with free trailer parking will do.

ze_dirtbag wrote:bishop

How far is the climbing from the city of Bishop? What type of climbing is there? I know there is bouldering, what else in the winter? How cold is it while climbing?

you have the milks, happys/sads & owens all within 20ish min from town.

i went to tucson for a winter one time and wasnt disappointed. lots of climbing on mt lemmon.

Justin Lofthouse wrote: How far is the climbing from the city of Bishop? What type of climbing is there? I know there is bouldering, what else in the winter? How cold is it while climbing?

In the winter there is a lot of bouldering options and the sport climbing in the Owens river Gorge, in the summer we have Pine Creek, Cardinal and Rock creek within a half an hour, an hour and a half you have Dike Wall, Clark Canyon, Toulumne.

It's the best place in the world to live. You have a degree that might land you a full time job around here, but your plan doesn't sound very promising for here. The typical thing that works for climbers here is to work at The Black Sheep coffee shop for a while then find a more long term job eventually. You can park in quite a few places for 2 weeks at a time, for free, especially in the winter.

Justin Lofthouse wrote:Has anybody heard anything about Smith Rock in the winter?

Dec-Feb... I'd say smith is (comfortably) climbable about 30% of the time. If you are willing to suffer a bit more, maybe 50%. When the sun is out and there is no wind... winter is primo. But if there are any clouds or wind, tt is pretty miserable.