Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
I had planned on stopping in Lander, Wy. to climb at 'Wild Iris', but due to the tendon tweaking potential of the routes and my already injured left hand, I skipped and went instead to the alpine granite of the Tetons and Jackson, Wy.
Finding climbing partners in Jackson proved difficult, and I ended up mountain biking to pass the time until my brother Chris arrived from Oregon.
I stayed outside the Simpson house, invited by some of the occupants who I'd met while climbing in Red Rocks.
After a few days, Chris showed up and we did a route in Death Canyon that was great. It was nice to get back on the Trad gear after so much sport climbing.
Leaving Jackson headed north, I drove through Yellowstone National Park for the first time.
Just inside Montana, we climbed at a "gniess" little trad area in the Gallitan Canyon. The weather, rock, and camping were great, just up the road from Big Sky on the river.
I was in a bit of a hurry to get to Canada before the fall weather, so we kept moving.
Chris would zoom ahead on his motorcycle and find camping spots or grocery stores and be ready when I got there.
There was a heat wave in Montana, so we only made one quick climbing stop at Spire Rock, a small granite crag.
We tried to stay cool by swimming in the many reservoirs along the highway all the way to Idaho, where we stopped in Sandpoint to resupply.
Our plan to climb at Chimney Rock was thwarted by another bad access road and we quickly headed north to Canada...
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Leaving Jackson headed north, I drove through Yellowstone National Park for the first time.
Just inside Montana, we climbed at a "gniess" little trad area in the Gallitan Canyon. The weather, rock, and camping were great, just up the road from Big Sky on the river.
I was in a bit of a hurry to get to Canada before the fall weather, so we kept moving.
Chris would zoom ahead on his motorcycle and find camping spots or grocery stores and be ready when I got there.
There was a heat wave in Montana, so we only made one quick climbing stop at Spire Rock, a small granite crag.
We tried to stay cool by swimming in the many reservoirs along the highway all the way to Idaho, where we stopped in Sandpoint to resupply.