Red Rocks Tweetup Page
It's about time to get planning on the next tweetup!
@nsmonkeygirl: I am now unable to go to Red Rocks this year, and as a result, I need someone to take over the planning of this tweetup. Would anyone be willing to take charge of planning?
@eleddy: I will take over - last chance to change your dates - so far it looks like easter weekend is winning. On Feb 5th I'll contact the group reservations guy with the results.
Important!! Group campgrounds have a limit of 20 people max so please post so we can get an accurate headcount.
People are, of course, totally welcome to stay at a hotel/condo nearby and join us for climbing during the day and campfire at night!
Participants - Who's Planning on Going?
Y'all know how this part goes, if you went to the Jtree Tweetup. If you think you might be able to make it, put your name on the list with any relevant notes. (i.e. possibly bringing friends, etc. Once we have a participant list, we'll set up a more organized roster.)
- @katiebeth-central CA...good chance I'll bring along a climbing teammate or two :)
- @eleddy from San Diego, CA. April works best for me since March is a big conference time but I'll try to squeeze in anything. I may bring up to 2 others depending on the date
- @unredacted from Tucson AZ - this is tentative, depending on how my shoulder's doing. Surgery is scheduled for January 19th, so the later this happens, the greater the chance that I'll be able to come and climb!
- @rockgrrl from Ventura, CA - I'm only putting in one date for now, I hope to add more possibilities later
- @tiffanymroyal - tentative but would do the April dates (march is busy with work and I'm supposed to visit sister in Europe this spring)
- @dubid0 - don't have any March or April plans at the moment, although I know some are in the works, so all the dates are tentatively good, and I'll start removing as my w/ends fill up. I'd be coming from SB, probably in the Fit, so there would be room to carpool w/ a couple more people.
- @adrienneknits -- SF BAY Area -- Santa Clara.
- @sudarkoff -- SF Bay Area, Sunnyvale. Driving.
- @LMarle -- Manitoba, Canada. Flying into Las Vegas. Would have to be Easter weekend for me.
- @dloo -- Vancouver, BC, Canada. Flying into Vegas, expecting a 3 day weekend. Can't check dates till I get into the office - so I'll update early next week.
@m1nd7r1p - St. Louis, MO Most likely the first weekend in April. I will be climbing with a group of St. Louis peeps, and will be there for a full 10 days starting the last Friday of March through the first Sunday in April. Will be flying to LV.- @DavidLutzy - OK you guy's are really making this hard on me. I was "probably" going to Chamonix in that period but now I really dont know. @nsmonkey is really making thigs difficult on me with hey "=) =) *tacklehugs*!!!!" ... So ok ... Flying down from Montréal "tentatevely" ... So probably driving in from Vegas ... And leaving from LAX
@tkaron - SF Bay Area, Santa Clara. Other plans came up for the month.- @Blueskeyes207 - MD, Last week of march is no good. I can't miss another one of these!!
- @JeremyShapiro - SF Bay Area - San Jose. Would be open to carpooling.
- @gregable - SF Bay Area, Sunnyvale. Sounds like fun, Wife and I will probably stay in a nearby hotel or something though - the campgrounds seem pretty primitive, no showers.
- @joshuamontague - Boulder, CO. Didn't participate in JTree, so kinda new to this. But, planning on spending ~1 wk. Driving, w/ room for a couple more folks, most likely.
- @daisie981 - Philly. Definitely in for Easter Weekend! Let's see if we can convince @adventuregrrl! **Where is @RikRay???
- @climbingguy123 - Birmingham (Alabama, not UK ;-) + 1 or 2 others (hopefully) Tentatively planning to bring lots o trad gear for those who would be interested in joining for a long moderate in Black Velvet Canyon on one of the days. I've done "Prince of Darkness", so I know the area. Thinking of "Frogland" (had to bail due to weather on pitch 2 last year)
Date: 4/01-4/04 (Easter Weekend)
@eleddy: date is set! I can't make it up thursday night but I can make a reservation in someones name - who will be there first and when will that be - katie? eileen? confirm here or on twitter and I'll call and make the reservations.
@rockgrrl: the IC road trip may not be happening or may be significantly altered so we're not sure if we'd get to Red Rocks on Thursday or not. Will keep you updated as soon as we pin it down.
@joshuamontague: I'm not 100% sure what day I'll be there yet, but probably the beginning of the week. Let me know if I can do something to help?
- @LMarle (1)
- @sudarkoff (1)
- @adrienneknits (1)
- eleddy (1)
m1nd7r1p (Drew) + a bunch, possibly up to 7 more, but we will be staying at a condo- @rockgrrl (1) + maybe 1 or 2 more
- @katiebeth
- @dloo + 1
- @Blueskeyes207 +1
- @davidLutzy (1) + 1?
- tiffanymroyal
- @dubid0 (1)
- @joshuamontague + 1 (probably more like 3/27 - 4/3)
- @daisie981
- @climbingguy123 (1) + 2 for now
Total: 14-18
Transportation/Carpooling
Where we can see how to get who where in the most efficient/convenient way. Post if you're willing to carpool & from where, or if you find any great plane ticket deals, etc...
Vehicle Count
Add your name and how many vehicles you will have, also note if you can carpool
- @dubid0 - 1 car, coming from Santa Barbara, and I can fit +2
- @sudarkoff -- 1 car if anybody from SF Bay Area wants to carpool
- @JeremyShapiro - 1 car if anybody from SF Bay Area wants to carpool (will likely be driving with @sufarkoff)
- @joshuamontague - 1 car, 2 available seats (depending on gear volume). Coming from Denver->I70->I15.
Campsite Info
Park Entrance Fee Options: $5 per car to get onto the Red Rocks Scenic loop road. There are options at Calico Basin (mainly single pitch trad and sport) that wouldn't cost the $5 per car.
Campsite Fees: Group site is $25 per night. Nina (@nsmonkeygirl) will pay the cost up front and collect money from people once we're there. The cost will be super minimal since there should be enough of us.
Campsite Plan: @nsmonkeygirl: We are penciled in on the BLM calendar for the weekends of 3/5-6, 3/12-13, 4/1-4/4, and 4/23-24. I would love to hammer the date down soon so I can minimize the up-front cost now, but it's not too much of a problem since I can cancel and get a refund if I let them know early enough. I have to get the money to them for all the penciled in weekends by two weeks from now or I lose the reservation.
Backup Camping Options: If there's enough of us, we could rent a condo for pretty cheap.
Routes
If you've got any must-do routes or problems, here's where you record that!
- Strongly recommend "The Magic Bus" wall at the second pullout as starting point for RR. Sunny but not hot, great views, with Sport routes and a few trad routes, all one pitch (60 feet +-) with shuts at the top so they can be led then TR'd with a single 50M rope. Grades from 5.7 to 5.10a.(mostly 5.8) w very positive edges. For harder routes, it is just a short walk from there to The Black Corridor..(@climbingguy123)
- The Black Corridor is popular for a reason: 80 great sport routes (a few trad routes), all well bolted and dramatically fun. Many in the 5.9 range, up to hard 5.11c. Good place to meet all the climbers from everywhere on the planet. Cool in the shade, gets fair amount of runoff after rain (@climbingguy123)
Gear
Just put your name and what you're bringing (i.e. ropes, crashpads, racks, etc.)
- @nsmonkeygirl: Trad rack, sport draws, 60m rope, 70m rope.
- @sudarkoff -- trad rack, sport rack, 60m rope
- @dloo : 60m rope, sport rack. There's a place that we can rent crash pads on the West side of town just before that resort as you leave town for RR.
- @Blueskeyes207 - 60m rope, sport rack.
- @JeremyShapiro - 60m rope.
- @climbingguy123 - trad rack, sport rack, several ropes, 2007 guidebook to RR by Jerry Handren, fleece and layered capilene for cool desert mornings and eves.
- @joshuamontague - 60m & 70m rope, 2 sets of draws, Vegas Bouldering guide.
Emergency Info
- Emergency or Fire: 702-293-8932 or 911
- BLM Las Vegas Field Office: 702- 515-5000
- Red Rock Visitor Center: 702-515-5350
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Comments (3)
Elizabeth Leddy said
at 9:39 pm on Nov 4, 2009
I am up for the 4 day plan. As far as contacting each other, i we can pick a board area, say in jumbo rocks campground, and whoever is there can post where camp is set up and where they are climbing that day, etc.. that usually works out really well. cell service is spotty and you can get it when driving on some roads (I think I had some at sheeps pass once) so its better to rely on postings. Just need to decide before things go down :)
George Sudarkoff said
at 9:48 am on Nov 18, 2009
Guys, should we put links to everybody's photos on this page?
Eileen Ringwald said
at 10:55 am on Nov 18, 2009
I made a Post Tweet up page for links to blog posts, photo galleries. I like Rick Ray's short quote on the Front Page though, maybe we could continue with short quotes on the Front Page and links, longer notes on the Post Tweet Up page? Here's the link to the Post Tweet Up Page: http://climbingtweetup.pbworks.com/Post-Tweetup-Page
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