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squishy
Mountain climber
sacramento
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sac has great weed man...
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john hansen
climber
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Consumnes is below the snow line
Indian Springs ,, Bowman lake,,
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Sac gets a bad rap from some, but I really enjoyed living there.
I also lived in Davis. And while I love Davis, I would not recommend it as a place to live unless you are in school or married with kids. Vast social vacuum in between.
The midtown area of Sac is great. When I was there I never had to drive. I could walk to work, grocery store, the fun bars and restaurants. Easy to access the bike trail, which is a real gem. 90 minutes from the Leap.
Not sure what the commute from midtown to Mather would be. IT's reverse commute, maybe 20 minutes? Depending on your tolerance for commuting, you might be better off living right near there in Rancho Cordova, which would put you near Granite Arch gym. Can't speak to that neighborhood.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Near Tahoe, CA
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If you're out on Mather, Granite Arch is on Sunrise/Folsom, probably closer.
Either gym you'll meet great people. Lot's of people. You'll be able to find partners in NO TIME.
Welcome to sac!
Trad? Sport? Bouldering? Beaches, mountains, it's all close.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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The Sac area is great. People love to bad mouth it, but it has a lot going for it. Good weather most of the time. A few weeks of fog and a few weeks of very hot per year isn't bad at all IMO. Close to some of the best mountain recreation areas in the world. Close enough to get to the Ocean occasionaly. And plenty of parks/rivers/trails/lake access locally.
I have lived and traveled in many places all over and sure there are nicer small towns but many of us need to live near a place with jobs. I lived in Truckee for 4 years, working in Reno for 1 of them and I'd rather live in Sac than Reno. Reno's a little closer to the action, but it's more seedy and it's river/parks/lakes/trails don't match sac's.
I work in Rancho and defineatly recommend Granite Arch. Email me if you'd like to meet there weekdays at lunchtime. Very relaxed atmosphere. Some of my favorite employees have since moved on, but everyone is nice. It's not as well equipped / professional as pipeworks, but much less nazi disneyland. Rancho would be pretty grim to live in, but cheap.
If possible live up 50 or 80 in the foothills. Even at only 400 feet elevation I escape the fog sometimes. At 1500 feet you escape the fog most of the time. I live on 12 acres in Loomis near 80 and it's f'ing fantastic. But it's a small town and tough to find housing. And it's kind of far from Mather. Our downtown is like stepping back into the 50s.
This might be worth the commute: http://sacramento.craigslist.org/apa/2191112744.html
There are also some nice rural areas of Fair Oaks, Orangevale, and Folsom. Or go up 50 a bit to El Dorado Hills or higher. Consumnes, Sugarloaf, Phantom Spires and the Leap are pretty close. The skiing is better off 80 but the climbing is farther away.
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Wazzup Karsten! Congrats on the job!
Welcome to Cali! Erik
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Rocklin - I'll be damned! Nice to see a photo of that place. I remember stretching my fingers out in that thin crack in the photo. There were a number of reasonably interesting problems at that place.
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eurotrash
climber
Denmark
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Recently moved from Sac to Denmark. Believe me, as a climber you can do a lot worse than Sac.
Of course, it did get old driving up 50 and 80 every weekend...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Wanna buy Ron Artest's old house.
Act now and beat the crowd!
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Sac's not bad. It does get ungodly hot for a few weeks, but otherwise it's pretty nice. That little park in Rocklin is fun (though pretty limited) for a quick bouldering session. Traffic can really suck at rush hours, but it's a straight (and often fast) shot up 80 or 50 to some FANTASTIC climbing. Granite Arch and Rocknasium (in Davis, not far) are terrific gyms. You'll be fine, and should have no trouble finding solid partners in the area. Congrats on the job!
(BTW, when you're up at Donner, go down into Truckee for chow at Tacos Jalisco. You'll thank me.)
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JerryA
Mountain climber
Sacramento,CA
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There is year around climbing at Cosumnes Gorge . Take a look at the beta in SummitPost.org . One day went there by myself to toprope and was instead invited to share belays with Warren Harding .
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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It does get ungodly hot for a few weeks
May-Sept
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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May-Sept
Busted...
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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I lived in the bay area during the tech boom and almost made the mistake of settling there. The weather and scene are better than sac BUT the few freeways in/out are bumper to bumper friday and sunday nights. And like Davis it's farther to the mountains as well. Davis is a good town in a bad location.
Averages:
Month Low High
Jan 38.8°F 53.8°F
Feb 41.9°F 60.5°F
Mar 44.2°F 64.7°F
Apr 46.3°F 71.4°F
May 50.9°F 80.0°F
Jun 55.5°F 87.4°F
Jul 58.3°F 92.4°F
Aug 58.1°F 91.4°F
Sept 55.8°F 87.5°F
Oct 50.6°F 78.2°F
Nov 42.8°F 63.7°F
Dec 37.7°F 53.9°F
Having lived in the North East and Alaska I appreciate the warm/hot/dry summers. But I like water sports too and head to the water when it's hot, then I love it. You can always head up to Donner where it's 20 degrees cooler. I like the dry heat from 90-105. And the warm summer nights are wonderful.
From June to early Sept. I'd say we have about 3 spells of very hot weather that can last a few days to 2 weeks. Like over 105. You can just stay in the a/c during the day and go out in the morning/evenings. You NEED a car with a/c.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Alcohol was banned on the river on memorial day and labor day weekends a few years ago.
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August West
Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
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Davis is a nice town, but it would add a long commute to the Mather area.
Sugar Load is climbable in winter, although the approach can be a bit muddy.
Yosemite is great on sunny days in winter. Although if you are weekend warrior it is pretty hit or miss whether the good days will line up with your time off.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Oh yeah, the river can be a pretty damn fun place to hang out.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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If you were drinking with your feet in the river, or lawn chair IN the river, you were fine. If you were drinking on the beach a mere yard away, they'd come over and start citing.
The county I believe banned alcohol on the beaches, but only the state could ban it on the river, which they have now done.
IMO they did the right thing and banned it only on holiday weekends. If they banned it altogehter it would be lame. But holidays were getting out of hand.
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