More Holiday Treats

Over the weekend I made another recon mission out to the area that is in the previous post.  Yet again this new zone does not disappoint at all.  This place is amazing- here are a couple photo excerpts.

Just the beginning

large slab

Interesting patina arete

Cracks

Tall slab

Tall, featured and scary

Across from main gully

 I had seen some of this gully from another vantage point previously and this is where I really wanted to check out.  It appeared to be chalked full of boulders and it turned out that it is.  Lots of potential in here and it is not at all like any of the other areas in the Batholith that I have seen before.  These pictures do not do it justice some of these blocks are 25-30' tall.

The gully

Crazy blocks

 

Overhangs

Crazy tall and featured dolum!!!!

Cool overhang

Rail

Classic 70s graffiti 

Overhanging seam this is huge like 15-20" deep

Big traverese

More unexplored

More unexplored

Tall and interesting

Big Boy

Huge Slab

 These hallways I mentioned in the previous post but got no photos.  This is the first climbable rock that you come to on the approach.  Looks like some great warm ups.

Hallway 1

Hallway 2

Hallway 3

Hallway 4

Yeah there is a lot to do here.  Starting to get a feel how to approach the goods.  Can't wait to pluck some of these gems!

L8er,

Patrick

The Batholith... the gift that keeps on giving!

Tom and I had discussed visiting this spot for a long time.  It seemed very promising.  So with some time on my hands and under partly cloudy skies I went with out solo this Saturday with some reasonable expectations and was not disappointed at all. The Batholith just keeps on giving just like the Jelly of the month club! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K8-kNuDgoA

After making the terrible approach of  roughly 100 yds. I came across a couple cool hallways loaded with potential and really bomber rock sorry no pics of those.  After a bit I decided I should shoot some photos.

Corners

Then I worked my way toward where I thought the better blocks would be... it was nice to be right.

Um yeah!!!

Projecting

Large big block in the trees

Tall seam lines anyone?

Wide, layback or bear hug?

Nice tall crack with some more options

All still unexplored

All in all it was a great day.  I was able to send about 10 different problems.  There were so many climbable blocks and it is super concentrated.  This area is pretty massive it is gonna take awhile to figure out how big it actually is...  I am really psyched on the potential.

L8er,
podenbeck

Herman's Gulch

Some close to the road climbs--knobs and small crystals are the rule, rather than the exception here; an area which is non Interstate, or Highway accessed, true Butte local climbing :-)

The last two pics are more of a "Big Boy" problem