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S.Powers
Social climber
Jtree, now in Alaska
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 28, 2008 - 01:57am PT
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I'll be in lander WY for en WEMT class for the month of January and I have a dumb question, what are the chances of being able to climb in January? Is sinks canyon climbable? are the cheese grater boulders covered in snow?
Since I moved to Alaska in may, there has been zero climbing in my life, I would be willing to suffer pretty badly to get some climbing in.
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dogtown
climber
Where I once was,I think?
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Oct 28, 2008 - 02:13am PT
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Yeah, I live in Cheyenne now,
Wyoming is a lot like Alaska in January.
But you could get lucky and have a few days of good sun and if the wind is not blowing mach 2 you could have a good time.
Who knows,Its a crap shoot.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Oct 28, 2008 - 02:27am PT
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Steve-O.......get out your ice tools, and find the ice......
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COT
climber
Door Number 3
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Oct 28, 2008 - 02:32am PT
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On numerous occasion I have driven up to Sinks from my house in Lander with the temperature in the teens (F) and have climbed in a long sleeve shirt. The main wall faces south east and if there is no wind and no clouds you can climb even on the coldest days. I wont be in town in January, or I could show you around. Stop by Wild Iris (the store) at talk with Vance for the local beta
Oh, to answer your question about the Cheese Grater Boulders, some face south, others could be covered with snow, a popular granite boulder Rubber Blanket faces south. Also there is reason why the limestone boulders are called the cheese graters instead of the happy boulders
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quartziteflight
climber
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Oct 28, 2008 - 08:33am PT
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I've heard sphinx boulders near cody can be climbable in the winter. Wyoming is cold and windy in the winter all 8 months of it...
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dogtown
climber
Where I once was,I think?
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Oct 28, 2008 - 08:41am PT
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9 months of winter,3 months of poor skiing. (old joke)
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Kartch
climber
belgrade, mt
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Oct 28, 2008 - 09:53am PT
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If you're single Lander is great. Plenty of sheep to choose from.
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wyJames
Mountain climber
Dripping Spring, Tx
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Oct 28, 2008 - 10:14am PT
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I can verify what COT said, I spent a couple winters in Lander and my parents still live there. I have climbed several times on Christmas and New Years in just a long sleeve t-shirt, if the sun is out don't doubt it until you hike up and feel the south facing stone. If you prefer granite I have also climbed Lankin Dome out at Sweetwater rock in the winter, it has a nice south facing wall but it is more exposed to wind than Sinks is.
As someone else pointed out, the ice in Cody is fantastic is you can get your hands on tools and a partner. Only 2.5 hrs from Lander. Sometimes there is ice on Togowtee and in the Tetons as well.
Have fun, James
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COT
climber
Door Number 3
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Oct 28, 2008 - 06:11pm PT
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Hey Kartch,
While 95% of supertopians probably live in larger more cosmopolitan towns/cities, you're from a town even smaller than Lander, but then again maybe that's why you have such intimate knowledge about the sheep around here.
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scuffy b
climber
On the dock in the dark
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Oct 28, 2008 - 08:11pm PT
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Sinks Canyon can be climbable in some pretty cold stretches.
I mean, during the cold, high pressure periods, when Lander itself is really cold. Sometimes the line of decent conditions is between town and the parking, but many times when conditions are bad at the parking lot, the cliff (a few hundred feet higher) is perfect.
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S.Powers
Social climber
Jtree, now in Alaska
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 28, 2008 - 08:35pm PT
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thanks for the info, sounds like ill just have to hope for the best!
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