Trip Report
Indian summer in Rocky Mountain National Park. (TR)

by wbw
Wednesday October 5, 2011 2:35am
It's been a really warm fall in Colorado.
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What's an Eldo photo doing in a TR about RMNP??
What's an Eldo photo doing in a TR about RMNP??
Credit: wbw
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Whoops! Hair City is not in the Park. WTF?
We have so much good rock here, that I sometimes get confused and my head wants to explode. It apparently has a similar effect on my kids.
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Front Range alien life forms.
Front Range alien life forms.
Credit: wbw
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Those of us who have lived here for a long time know that this:
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Glacier Gorge, RMNP.
Glacier Gorge, RMNP.
Credit: wbw
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and this:
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Fall colors in RMNP.
Fall colors in RMNP.
Credit: wbw
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will soon turn to weather more suited to critters like this:
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Things get a little weird in front of our house at the Bolder Boulder...
Things get a little weird in front of our house at the Bolder Boulder.
Credit: wbw
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While alpine rockclimbing in the Park is sooo amazing,
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Look closely for the climber on the first pitch of Syke's Sickle.
Look closely for the climber on the first pitch of Syke's Sickle.
Credit: wbw
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An October ascent of Culp-Bossier.
An October ascent of Culp-Bossier.
Credit: wbw
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and the fall views in the Park can be mind-blowing,
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Longs Peak in October.
Longs Peak in October.
Credit: wbw
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it won't be long before the rock shoes and chalk bag are put away, and tools more conducive to
winter climbs will be busted out.
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Classic alpine ice in RMNP. (I still can't figure out why some pic...
Classic alpine ice in RMNP. (I still can't figure out why some pictures don't post in the correct orientation. Technology mysteries?? Personal ignorance??)
Credit: wbw
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While alpine rock climbing comes to an end for the season, fall can be prime time for the ephemeral drips and smears that the Park is so well known for.
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Scott on an autumn, here-today-gone-tomorrow drip of ice in RMNP.
Scott on an autumn, here-today-gone-tomorrow drip of ice in RMNP.
Credit: wbw
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Hasta la vista, warm weather. It's been real, but all good things have to come to an end.
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Cheers to fall colors and transition seasons.
Cheers to fall colors and transition seasons.
Credit: wbw
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wbw 		About the Author
is a trad climber from across the Great Divide.

Comments
ms55401

Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
  Oct 5, 2011 - 02:46am PT
fall ice climbing is where it's at
jopay

climber
so.il
  Oct 5, 2011 - 12:44pm PT
Nice, thanks for the photos, Colorado is a special place for a climber, especially if you like it all,(rock,ice,alpine,boulder). I long to get back out there and treasure the times that I have.
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
  Oct 5, 2011 - 12:47pm PT
SWEET!!

Must....go....back......
BrentA

Gym climber
Roca Rojo
  Oct 5, 2011 - 12:47pm PT
I grew up in the Park. I miss it so much. Great pics.

All those wonders and battles serve me well now that I'm entrenched in the world of men, and not granite and wind...
wbw

Trad climber
'cross the great divide
Author's Reply  Oct 5, 2011 - 02:31pm PT
For a jack-of-all-trades climber, Colorado is pretty hard to beat. We truly have every type of climbing here,

Does anyone know if it is possible to rotate pictures once they have been placed in a trip report? Sometimes a picture will be oriented correctly on my computer, but when I post it to ST it gets rotated.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
  Oct 5, 2011 - 07:05pm PT
Whoo hoo--but there's no climbing in Cowlowrado!!!
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Oct 6, 2011 - 09:36am PT
Nice pics!
philo

climber
  Oct 6, 2011 - 03:08pm PT
Does anyone know if it is possible to rotate pictures once they have been placed in a trip report?

Turn your computer on it's side of course.
Ha ha ha ha!

Great stuff wbw TFPU.
It has been a little frustrating watching one of the best 'summer into fall' seasons that I can remember and not being able to climb. But I really enjoyed your TR Pics & Wit.
Prod

Trad climber
  Oct 9, 2011 - 09:31am PT
Nice stuff.

Prod.
wbw

Trad climber
'cross the great divide
Author's Reply  Oct 9, 2011 - 07:12pm PT
Philo, hope you're well, and if I get my shite together I'll see ya at one of the ST Happy Hours.

Brad
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
  Oct 9, 2011 - 07:15pm PT
Did someone say happy hour?




:)

Nice photos. Looks like we are really near neighbors wbw (I think). Hope you get to a HH soon.
errett

Social climber
Grumpy Ridge
  Oct 9, 2011 - 09:35pm PT
RNMP is sweet...
Yeah -- climbing in Coloratto sucks.
Roxy

Trad climber
CA Central Coast
  Oct 9, 2011 - 10:35pm PT
Way to take advantage of the unseasonal awesome weather.

Climb on!
wbw

Trad climber
'cross the great divide
Author's Reply  Oct 10, 2011 - 01:54am PT
I know this is mostly a rock climbers' forum, but I'm gonna 'fess up. The thought of this new snow going through the melt-freeze gets me all jingy.

Crimpergirl, I swear I'm gonna make it to a HH. You live near the Boulder Bolder course?

Errett, that pic. of the Petit is stunning.
The Lisa

Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
  Oct 10, 2011 - 07:28am PT
You tell a nice story. I though the ice climbing shot was sideways because you were traversing? ;)
I am heading to CO in a week and hope to do some rock climbing. Thanks for the stoke!
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