Donner Summit seasonal falcon closure

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Willoughby

Social climber

Truckee, CA

Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 27, 2016 - 10:56am PT

About ten days ago, Gary Allan found this year's nest at Black Wall, which is in the grotto at the base of Rambo Crack up Cannibal Gully. We (Truckee Donner Land Trust/Access Fund and the Save Donner Climbing group) are asking everybody to please respect a seasonal closure of routes from the left side of Cannibal Gully on the left to Hungover Hangover/Empty Sky on the right. Primer should be fine, as well as anything around the corner to the right (One Hand Clapping), but the belay stance at the top of Rat's Tooth was close enough to agitate this bird. This female seemed a bit more high-strung than birds in recent years, and is possibly a new individual, so we just want to keep folks out of that gully or line of sight. Affected routes include: Touch and Go, Hungover Hangover, Rat's Tooth, Empty Sky, Rhythm Killer, Pinball Junkie, Inner Recess, Rambo Crack, Space Invaders, and Bourbon Street).

There are still plenty of other routes to choose from, at Black Wall and elsewhere at Donner. Lizard Ledge is out of sight and should be okay, however, when hiking or climbing outside this closure buffer but nearby, please avoid disturbance, keep noise to a minimum, and use your best judgement to gauge and mitigate your impact.

We'll be monitoring the nest, and the closure will be lifted when nesting activities have ceased for the year. The nest had two eggs, and she was incubating, so they may wrap up by mid-July, but these routes are closed until further notice.

If anybody has any questions about the birds or status updates (which would be welcome), feel free to shoot me a PM, and if you have other questions you can email John Svahn at the Truckee Donner Land Trust: john@tdlandtrust.org; 530.582.4711

Thanks!!

adikted

Boulder climber

Tahooooeeeee

Apr 27, 2016 - 01:18pm PT

Thanks for the update

BuddhaStalin

climber

Truckee, CA

Apr 27, 2016 - 05:07pm PT

Affected routes include: Touch and Go, Hungover Hangover, Rat's Tooth, Empty Sky, Rhythm Killer, Pinball Junkie, Inner Recess, Rambo Crack, Space Invaders, and Bourbon Street).

For the clarities.

Sheila is a horny breeder lately. Get yours girl.