Courtyarding

After a world travelling hiatus I have been trying to get back in the groove.  March is usually when things really start to get nice in the batholith.  The Coartyard in particular can be stellar this time of year not to hot and not too cold.  I have been able to get out to the Coartyard on two consecutive weekends this month and both days have been stellar.  There is lots of unfinished business in the Coartyard notably the many potential highballs on the 25'-35' wall that is in the area.

This past weekend as sizable crew came out I gave a little tour of the area for some people who had not been there before.  Everyone seemed pretty psyched. I was able to pluck two of the longstanding highball problems (sorry no pics) and made some progress on a third.  I am happy to get those out of the way.  One of them I might do again the other I am not so sure.

Rose sending Cherry Blossom

Charlie on a problem that I think Whitmore put up

Project that might actually be possible- tall and scary

My favorite bouldering partner

Batholith is prime right now!

Hope to see everyone out there.

L8er,

podenbeck

Trailer Boulders on Presidents' Day

A couple shots from Monday...nice afternoon moderate circuit out in the Trailers....a bit of snow on the ground in places, but dry rock and topouts.

Carcass action

Warm up lieback on the Misty Boulder

Son of Tricky Dicky, Dagmar's Boulder

Cheers!

Winter's Friction

Montana's typical high pressure has been bringing mild temperatures and blue skies.  With such weather, its criminal not to get out and touch some stone.  Pulling down on sunny granite as opposed to greased limestone is an easy choice for some soul climbing on a winter's day.  A good looking crew gathered this past Saturday to enjoy a bit of the "Desert" area low on the Delmoe Lake Road.

Starting at the "Mastodon" boulder and barely moving we managed a full day with several FA's and quite a few repeats.

Joe on the FA of an open-project
Committing to the exit



Zana showing the beta...and Patrick finishing off Betadine
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Whitmore flashing the FA of ArborMedic V4+


Atop Variety Cracks



A really great day spent with a good posse of pysched and positive people.  Days like this give the feeling that this area is not yet close to being tapped out, as is the case with most areas of the Batholith.

Go touch some rock today!