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the Fet

climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
May 27, 2016 - 06:29pm PT
We're looking at Folsom , Roseville , El Dorado Hills , places like that ....

Folsom and Eastward, or Rocklin/Loomis and Eastward are great places.

You are still 20 minutes to Sac, but head East and you are in the foothills.

80 has the better skiing.
50 has the better climbing. But 80 is still good with Auburn Quarry, The Emeralds, and Donner Summit.

crankster

Trad climber
No. Tahoe
May 27, 2016 - 06:34pm PT
Go there a lot. Lived there a lot. I'd consider the new housing in midtown or west sac, too, if you want to be close to lively restaurants, bars and music. Pipeworks is putting in a brewpub soon!

Hot summers can be mitigated, although August is dreadful. The upside is outdoor BBQ's every night while the Bay Area folks who brag about their weather are wearing down jackets.

1 /2 hrs to the Leap & Donner, 3 to the Valley.

DMT, you're in Sac? I thought you lived in SF.
Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
May 28, 2016 - 08:17am PT
Curious where did you texplorer end up? How do you like it?
August West

Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
May 28, 2016 - 01:05pm PT
Several posters have mentioned the heat. Not clear if that is an issue for you or not. If it is, you might want to research the delta breeze. The Vacaville to West Sac region really cools off most summer evenings when the breeze shows up. As you get further east and higher up, it has less and less of an effect.
crankster

Trad climber
No. Tahoe
May 28, 2016 - 01:31pm PT
Too funny, DMT. Yes, the grocery store does tell a tale.
Yeah, Yolo is weird, but lots of craft breweries near the river. Probably a better place to visit than live.
Dapper Dan

Trad climber
Redwood City
Jun 1, 2016 - 04:48pm PT
We might just have to do that soon DMT, thanks for the info , supposed to be low 90's in Redwood City on Friday ...
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Jun 1, 2016 - 05:01pm PT
Man I'm glad I live in the high desert, where it actually cools off at night! Today, June first, the high was 91°, pretty sure thats the first day in the Nineties here, this year.

Climbing is seven miles away from where I'm typing., bouldering two, unclimbed 500' ow lines ( all the other sizes too, but who cares about that?) under 20 miles from the door.

Have fun in Sacto, I couldn't do it 😎
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Jun 1, 2016 - 05:12pm PT
I know it works for you, but Remember, I've been there.

How far do you have to drive to find something like this?
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Jun 1, 2016 - 06:09pm PT
I know it happens, but I also know it isn't the norm in the hot season. I've spent too many nights in the dark in Davis in the 90's not to know better.


Not to mention the humidity.....
Phil_B

Social climber
CHC, en zed
Jun 1, 2016 - 09:40pm PT
Cleo and I moved here this year after spending 2.5 years in NZ. Miss the low stress life we had there, but at least we have money here.

Sac is much better than I had thought it was going to be. Right now, it's bloody hot and we had to turn on the A/C, but we're going kayaking tomorrow after work and will probably head to Yosemite this weekend.

There's heaps of brewpubs in this town. In fact, Pipeworks gym is going to be starting their own soon.
https://touchstoneclimbing.com/touchstone-brewing-company-coming-to-sacramento/

Like others have said, if you are in Midtown, it's super easy to get to places by bike. Often faster than cars.

Still loving Sac. . .
Dr.Sprock

Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
Jun 1, 2016 - 11:14pm PT
just like anyplace else, good and bad,

good:
kayak ski, climb, party, music, zeldas pizza, ladies, jobs, fireworks, disc golf, close to tahoe, bay area, yosemite, lassen, paskenta,

bad:
hideous heat-110 for 30 days in a row one summer. floods, crime-50 people murdered around 1990 during the crack epidemic, lock your car, bad air-you will either develop asthma, hay fever or alergies within ten years or less, dying elm trees will take the paint off your car, or smash the top in, bad food, bad water, dangerous fog in winter, traffic, roaches, law enforcement-state cops, chp, city police, county sheriff, cia, fbi, capitol police, parking cops, mountain bike cops, downtown- gotta move your car to the right side of the street every monday and tuesday for trucks to pick up stuff, overgrown cowtown with the IQ of a grapefruit, trains that clog up traffic signals for days,
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Jun 2, 2016 - 03:58am PT
I spoke too harshly, it cools down there more at night than I generally acknowledge...
It's that horrible time in August / September though, that would kill me.

And it's the dew point, not the % humidity that is the killer. According to NOAH, the dp is 52° there as I post this, ( relative humidity 76%) too damp for swamp cooler to work. I'm more sensitive to this than most, but that makes my skin crawl.

I realize that that's not that humid by eastern standards, but more than I can deal with. In contrast it's 29°, Here. Though the temp is the same both places at this hour, it's not clammy here, which is what I refer to, as "cooling off" at night. Less concrete and asphalt helps too.

Sacto is a good hub for weekend climbing though, and the gyms rock. If you have to live in the sprawl, you can do a lot worse.

Our gym is three plastic outdoor boulders.. Btw,.looks remarkably similar to that place in Elk Grove (?) that you've posted photos of, Dingus
ontheedgeandscaredtodeath

Social climber
SLO, Ca
Jun 2, 2016 - 06:23am PT
I have hung in Sacramento a bunch for work, mostly in the downtown area, and have always liked it. It is not my dream city by any means but if you need to make your living in a city in California and like the outdoors it is a good choice.
cleo

Social climber
wherever you go, there you are
Jun 2, 2016 - 06:59am PT
I hate hot weather, I really do, but it's < 60F this morning and I work in an air conditioned office, so it's really only my 4 mile bike commute home that's a problem.

which won't be a problem today since we're loading up the boats on a car and going for a little class III kayak run after work.



(yea, I'd rather be in the mountains too, but the jobs I want are in cities, so this is a pretty good compromise. And if you live "in the grid" - e.g. between I-5, 50, and the American River, it's a very bikeable city with lots of good food, beer, culture, etc.)

cleo

Social climber
wherever you go, there you are
Jun 2, 2016 - 10:40pm PT
Fog? What fog? I moved here in November, bike to work every day, and don't remember any fog. Then again, I moved from a colder, wetter place, and thought the winter cycling was downright balmy... I only had to wear ski gloves a couple of times! And there was never any ice on the road!
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Jun 2, 2016 - 10:59pm PT
It's somehow supposed to be a completely unnatural 102 for this weekend here in PDX [ the record high for June 4th is 93 °F (1978) ] - go frigging figure. Gotta be hot in Sacramento if we're getting hit like this.
BLUEBLOCR

Social climber
joshua tree
Jun 2, 2016 - 11:30pm PT
over 100 in JTree today. It's a dry heat tho. Only seemed like 85 workin in the sun. Now iot's 85 and feels like 100.Lol.

i remember when it snowed downtown Sac!

i also remember when Folsom(manmade reservoir) was always full.
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Jun 3, 2016 - 06:04am PT
26% with a 51° dew point, ugh! I'm glad it works for you, you can have it! My skin crawls just thinking about it
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Jun 3, 2016 - 06:34am PT
Hell...it has to be better than Bakersfield.
crankster

Trad climber
No. Tahoe
Jun 3, 2016 - 06:37am PT
I'm here visiting DMT, join me for a bouldering session at the Pipeworks - before it gets hot!
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