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Friedo

Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
Jun 2, 2015 - 03:08pm PT
Dan works at Sports LTD near Stateline in South Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Village Center (Raley's shopping center)
T?S

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Aug 4, 2015 - 11:08pm PT
Photo bump for a sadly quiet thread...

We ended up getting up to the Lost World that weekend in June, found some fun stuff. Not all areas we climbed are pictured, but if you wanna find out more you'll just have to hike your tired butt up there and explore for yourselves...





Donnici

Trad climber
Sacramento
Sep 5, 2015 - 10:57am PT
Anybody have a copy of the topo pdf?
Looks like an awesome place.
The link is not working.
Cheers
T?S

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Sep 16, 2015 - 09:06pm PT
http://getabelay.com/woodfords/woodfords_guide.pdf


Meanwhile, somewhere near The Fortress....
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Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
Sep 16, 2015 - 09:34pm PT
Nice pics, thanks.
the czar

climber
meyers, ca.
Sep 17, 2015 - 03:11pm PT
WA chims chims 50th bday yesterday, mucho saki waki!
Laine

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Sep 18, 2015 - 11:40am PT
I'm looking forward to those cool Fall days on the north side of the canyon. There's much to be done. Anyone checked out Crystal Wall? It hosts Tumbledown House, an airy 5.11 that climbed a very unique band of rock for two pitches.
little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Sep 18, 2015 - 06:46pm PT
from Monday of Labor Day weekend. Cloudburst Canyon, there were half a dozen cars in the parking area. Great weather.

We did five climbs up on the 2nd tier on the right side of the canyon.


Tom, Dave, Brian gearing up in morning sun.


Dave on the easiest one


rock, rock, everywhere


had this thing to admire all day long


Dave leading up the right most climb, now in the welcome shade


neighbors on climbs further up canyon (sunlit slab on right, and crack behind tree on left)


a fine time was had by all




sasha Cohen

Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe CA
Oct 15, 2015 - 01:21pm PT
so... who ever the idiot is, who's been marking a perfectly clear trails with orange chalk, please stop. Everyone is sick of seeing your unnecessary graffiti in Cloudburst Canyon. Thank you
the czar

climber
meyers, ca.
Oct 17, 2015 - 12:55pm PT
Snap line chalk? Wtf, is someone building a house out there!? I dare you to get lost out there, weirdos
T?S

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Nov 1, 2015 - 08:27pm PT
Can't comment on the Summer side graffiti, sounds pointless and stupid. but we did make our way up to the Winter side today...
The trail has been obstructed by I guess tons of forest service work, piles upon piles of manzanita and pine trees that have been completely cut out of the landscape. Not sure I understand why this was done, but the trail is pretty non existent down low anymore.


We didn't really have any objectives in mind, but wanted to end up on the hand of god formation and maybe do something on it to finish the day... We started out at Donnie G and scrambled our way through some pretty cool (mostly .9 and below) mostly virgin feeling and dirty terrain.


At the top of our wandering pitch #4, I built an anchor below an awesome but imposing corner system, that was slightly overhanging hands to fingers. It ended up being the highlight of the day and felt like it checked in at solid .10+.




By the time we got to the summit of HoG, it was raining, we tried to wait things out but conditions never really broke, so we bailed from there. cool day though!

Anyone know what this corner is? I think it is on or very near the Albatross formation?
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Nov 2, 2015 - 05:58am PT
SO MUCH ROCK




so little time
T?S

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Nov 2, 2015 - 08:45am PT
I doubt they would ever be able to spot us, what with all the heaps of trash and hordes of people hitting up the fords these days. Times they are a changin. It was so bad this weekend we were the only car in the canyon...
sasha Cohen

Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe CA
Nov 2, 2015 - 10:42am PT
Tyson, looks like you climbed Hand Banana...cool. Sash That corner is Called The West Coast Corner...hex anchor on top. Needs a proper anchor, will do soon.
Laine

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Nov 2, 2015 - 11:45am PT
Nice pics, Ty. Squeaked out some routes before the monster storm. Well done! Thanks for the beta, Sasha. It's fun piecing together all of the awesomeness the Fortress provides, one jam at a time...
T?S

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Nov 2, 2015 - 12:14pm PT
Thanks Sasha, what are the ratings on either? Were we way off on our .10+ assessment of hand banana? switching from the slammer hands to the fingers was a bit testy...

Laine if this winter shows up for real, the Fords might end up being our go-to spot! not much else stays tolerable in real sierra winter scenarios.
Laine

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Nov 2, 2015 - 01:40pm PT
I'll take that scenario any day! I remember post holing up to the Fortress in the winter of 2010-11 and climbing in freezing temps.

As any aside, Hound Mouth this Sat at Cargo???
T?S

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Nov 2, 2015 - 02:52pm PT
Jeebus, make it a weekend hall pass! I can't take the stress of having to last minute bail on you anymore! haha and make it happen soon, bishop was way too fun, I'm still laughing... and talking in that voice haha.

Laine all signs point to yes.
kennyt

Trad climber
Oregon
Jan 31, 2016 - 01:31pm PT
Looks like a pretty fun place.
kennyt

Trad climber
Oregon
Jan 31, 2016 - 02:16pm PT
I may have to one day.
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