Trip report Chronology
2021 trip reports
Full chronological listing of my trip reports in 2021, starting at the most recent, along with links to individual trip reports.
510
Winter Break 2021/22
- POLYCHROME DOME
- POLYCHROME DOME
- CHOLLA'S DOME
- CHEY DESA TSAY
- BASTION TOWERS
- END PINNACLE
- COCHISE DOME
- LEBOWSKI WALL
- WASTELAND DOME
- CHALKBOAD DOME
- SURREALIST DOME
- STRONGHOLD DOME
- STRONGHOLD DOME
- TSEFNAEB DOME
- LOWER LOST TOWER
- MAYBE PINNACLE & LIKELY PINNACLE
- OUT OF TOWNERS' DOME
- OUT OF TOWNERS' DOME
- OUT OF TOWNERS' DOME
- LEBOWSKI WALL
- Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, The (5.10-, 3p)
- Little Bear Cub (5.11, 3p)
- Tears for Cholla (5.8+, 2p)
- Wind Madness (5.11-, 5p)
- Forest Lawn (5.9+, 2p)
- All's Well That Ends Well (5.11-, 5p)
- The Price is Right (5.11, 6p)
- You're Out of Your Element (5.10+, 1p)
- Rickson's Pinnacle (5.10+, 4p) + After the Before Thought (5.10+, 1p)
- Call of the Wild (5.8, 1p); The Road Not Taken (5.8, 1p); Yay, A Substitute (5.9, 1p)
- The False Mirror (5.9+, 1p); The Empire of Light(5.11+, 1p); The Treachery of Images (5.8+, 1p)
- Shake n'Bake (5.10-, 3p)
- That's All Folks! (5.10, 3p)
- Standard Route (5.8, 1p); Edge of Worst Fear (5.10-, 1p); Demonic (5.11-, 1p); Out of the Silent Planet (5.11-, 1p); The Chronic to left finish (5.11-, 1p); That Hideous Strength to The Chronic (5.10-/5.11-, 2p)
- Riding the Rails (5.10- 1p); Reading Between the Lines (5.9, 1p)
- Here and Now (5.9+, 1p); No Doubt (5.10+, 1p)
- El Cautivo (5.9+, 4p)
- Matt's Line (5.10-, 3p)
- Town Without City (5.10+, 4p)
- The Big Lebowski (5.9, 3p), I Dabbled in Pacifism Pitches 1&2 (5.10+, 2p)
AZ
Cochise Stronghold
Granite
Nate Arganbright
Dec2021
508
- Cragging: 9 routes (5.7-5.11, 9p)
- Cragging: 4 routes (5.10+-5.11, 4p)
- Regular Route aka Psycho-Path (3p, 5.9) + Nameless Face start (1p, 5.11)
CO
Paradox Valley
Sandstone
Nate Arganbright
Nov2021
506
509
(no TRs for most)
509
(no TRs for most)
- various routes on Redgarden and The Bastille (2 days)
- various routes (2 days)
- various routes at Crystal Tower and Primo Wall (1 day)
- SECOND FLATIRON (Freeway, 4th, 800') + FIRST FLATIRON (Baker's Way to Direct East Face, 5.6, 800')
- 1st time cragging at Elevenmile Canyon, various routes (2.5 days)
- various routes at Horsehead Rock (1.5 days)
- various routes (4.5 days)
- various routes (1 day)
CO
Eldorado Canyon, Estes Park area, Golden area, Flatirons, South Platte, Shelf Road
Foundation Arkosic Sandstone, Gneiss, Granite, Conglomerate sandstone, limestone
Will Starks, Michael Underwood, Nate Arganbright
Oct-Dec2021
505507
(no TRs for some)
(no TRs for some)
- Cragging Single pitch FA on right side (5.9, 1p), Twenty-Two Ticks Pitch 1 (5.6 R, 1p)
- Osiris (5.7, 5p)
- Pear Buttress (5.8+, 4p)
- Cragging: Loose Ends Pitch 1 (5.9, 1p), Thinstone (5.9, 1p), George's Tree Pitch 1 (5.9, 1p), The 44 (5.8, 2p), Fat City Pitch 1 (5.8, 1p), Howling at the Wind Pitch 1 (5.9, 1p), Stretch Marks (5.11a, 1p), Pear Buttress Pitch 1 (5.8, 1p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright, Scott Kimball
Oct-Dec2021
(no TR)
GREEN MOUNTAIN
trail (~6 miles round trip, ~2300 ft gain)
CO
Boulder Area
-
solo
Oct2021
490491492494496497503
(no TRs for some)
(no TRs for some)
Summer 2021
- GOLLUM'S ARCH ROCK
- TWIN OWLS
- SUNDANCE BUTTRESS
- LITTLE TWIN OWLS
- SUNDANCE BUTTRESS
- SUNDANCE BUTTRESS
- SUNDANCE BUTTRESS
- SUNDANCE BUTTRESS
- SUNDANCE BUTTRESS
- BOOKMARK PINNACLE
- Cragging: Gollum's Arch, Frigidaire, Facial Hair (5.7-5.11a, 3p)
- Cragging: East Ridge Pitch 1 (5.8, 1p)
- Guillotine (5.10c, 5p)
- Cragging: Undercling Right, Knee Catcher, Little Twin Owl Crack (5.6-5.11a, 3p)
- Progression (5.10c, 5p)
- Grapevine (5.8+, 5p)
- Slim Pickens (5.10a, 6p)
- Bushes (5.8, 4p)
- Guillotine (5.10c, 5p)
- East Side (5.8+, 2p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
July-Sept2021
502
various routes (2 days)
SD
Black Hills, Custer SP
Granite & Pegmatite
Nate Arganbright
Sept2021
501
Casual Route (5.10a, 8p, ~800') + Kiener's Route (3rd/4th to summit)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Will Starks
Sept2021
500
Solo Flight (4th, ~21 miles, 6,500 ft gain/loss)
CO
Indian Peaks
Granite
solo
Sept2021
450
Recovery trip report for torn ACL + meniscus
CO
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Aug 2020- Aug2021
511
(delayed TR)
(delayed TR)
trail (~7.5 miles round trip, ~2400 ft gain)
CO
RMNP
Gneiss
solo
Aug2021
493
Left Side (5.8+, 5p) + scramble to top of Mt. Evans (3rd)
CO
Mt. Evans
Granite
Will Starks
Aug2021
489
- HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN
- HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN
- Railroad Tracks (5.8, ~6p)
- Grassy Crack (5.7 ,~6p)
WY
Wind Rivers
Granite
Nate Arganbright
Aug2021
488
various routes at Hound Dog Crag (1 day)
WY
Ten Sleep
Limestone & Dolomite
Nate Arganbright
Aug2021
486
various routes (1.5 days, 9 summits)
SD
Black Hills, Custer SP
Granite & Pegmatite
Nate Arganbright
July/Aug2021
485
Yellow Wall Pitches 1-4 + Forrest Finish (5.10, 6p, ~800')
CO
RMNP
Granite
Mike Lawson
July2021
479
The Electrode, Static Peak, Mount Richthofen (~20 miles, 1.5 days, 3 summits, up to 3rd class)
CO
RMNP
Gneiss & Granite
Nate Arganbright
July2021
477
"Hackmandy" (5.10+, 5p, second ascent)
CO
RMNP
Granitic Gneiss
Nate Arganbright
July2021
475
Rainbow Highway (5.10+, 7p, ~800')
CO
Mt. Evans
Granite
Lynn Anderson
July2021
(no TRs for most)
- various routes at Lower Great Face & Upper Great Face & The Enclosures (2 days)
- Country Club Crack (2p, 5.11c) & Athlete's Feat (4p, 5.11a) at Castle Rock; various routes at Tonnere Tower, Animal World, Cob Rock, Avalon, The Riviera, and Bell Buttress (7.5 days)
- Naked Edge (5.11b, 6p); various routes on West Ridge/Rincon, Redgarden, and Bastille (3 days)
- 1st time cragging at Deer Ridge Buttress, a couple of single-pitch routes (x0.5 day)
- one route at December Wall (0.25 day)
CO
Estes Park area,Boulder Canyon, Eldorado Canyon, RMNP
Gneiss, Granite, Foundation Arkosic Sandstone
Scott Kimball, Kishen Mangat, Mike Lawson, Nate Arganbright, Bernard Gillett, Paul Bodnar, George Bracksieck, Peter Gonda, Kristen Dillon, Patrik Larsson, Zach Durbin
June-Sept2021
(no new TR #)
various routes (3.5 days + 1.5 days)
WY
Fremont Canyon
Granite
Nate Arganbright
June-July2021
471
Cary Granite (5.11c, 5p, ~400')
CO
Mt. Evans
Granite
Michael Underwood
June2021
470ab
Kimball Route aka "Arganimball" (5.10-, 3p) & "Arganegg" FA (5.10-, 3p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
June2021
466
Friar's Frontress Pitch 1 (5.9) + Nun's Buttress (5.8, 3p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
June2021
465
South Ridge (sort of) (5.9, 5-8p)
CO
RMNP
Gneiss & Biotite Schist
Nate Arganbright
June2021
462463
- Scenic Cruise (5.10+, 10+p, ~1800 ft)
- Casually Off Route (5.9, 5p, ~700 ft)
CO
Black Canyon of Gunnison
Gneiss
Michael Underwood
May2021
454459460464
(no TRs for most)
(no TRs for most)
RANDOM CRAGGING
Winter/Spring 2021- various routes at Skull Rock, Subskull, Jewel of the Nile Wall, Saddle Tower, 420 Wall, Jungle Wall, World's End (18.5 days)
- The Devil's Backbone (5.11c, 3p, sport) & various other routes (3 days)
- various routes (0.5 day)
- various routes (1.5 days)
- various routes (1.5 days)
- 1st time cragging at Crosier Mountain, various routes at Main Crag (1 day)
- various routes (1 day)
- various routes (1 day)
- various routes at Plotinus Wall and The Bihedral and Wall of Winter Warmth (3 days)
- 1st time cragging at Window Rock, various routes (0.5 day)
- 1st time cragging at St. Vrain Canyon, various routes at Observatory Rock (0.5 day)
- various routes at Lower Great Face & Woodstone & Half and Half & Wizard's Gate & The Enclosures & first 8 pitches of Golden Staircase (4.5 days)
CO
Estes Park area, Eldorado Canyon, North Table Mtn, Boulder Canyon
Granite, Granitic,Foundation Arkosic Sandstone, Basalt, Gneiss
Nate Arganbright, Scott Kimball, Bernard Gilette, Giles Eperon, Shawn May, Michael Underwood, Will Starks
Jan-June2021
456abc, 458ab461ab
(no TRs for some)
(no TRs for some)
Winter/Spring 2021
- TWIN OWLS
- CHECKERBOARD ROCK
- BATMAN PINNACLE
- BATMAN ROCK
- SUNSHINE BUTTRESS
- OBSERVATORY DOME
- THE BOOKEND
- THE BOOKEND
- Cragging: Yosemite Crack, Cackle Crack, Rooster Tail, Hagakure (5.8-5.12b, 4p)
- Crystal Catch (5.9 2p)
- Batman Pinnacle (5.6, 2-4p)
- Hand Jive (5.9, 2p)
- Brown Haired Lady (5.7, 3p)
- The Telescope Gate (5.8, 2p)
- Orange Julius (5.9, 6p)
- Handbook (5.9, 3p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
Jan/Apr/May2021
457
East Flank (~7.9 miles round trip, ~3800 ft gain snowshoe)
CO
RMNP
Granite
solo
Mar2021
453455
SOUTH PLATTE
Winter 2021- Buckshot (5.10b, 2p) , Fallen Angel Pitch 1 (5.10a, 1p) , Deception Past (5.10b, 1p)
- Queer Bait (5.11a, 3p)
CO
South Platte
Granite
Will Starks, Nate Arganbright
Jan2021
452
Winter Break 2020/21
- WASTE LAND DOME
- STRONGHOLD DOME
- COCHISE DOME
- ROCKFELLOW DOME - CHAY DESA TSAY
- END PINNACLE
- END PINNACLE
- ROCKFELLOW DOME
- OWL ROCK
- OUT OF TOWNERS' DOME
- OUT OF TOWNERS' DOME
- WASTE LAND DOME
- WASTE LAND DOME
- MAYBE PINNACLE
- ENTRANCE DOME
- The Waste Land (5.8, 5p)
- Beeline (5.9+, 2p)
- What's My Line (5.6+ A0 / 5.10, 3-4p)
- Inner Passage (aka Interiors) (5.4)
- Days of Future Passed (5.10 R, 4p)
- Endgame (5.10-, 5p)
- The Long, Strange Trip (5.11, 7p)
- Nightstalker (5.9, 1p)
- Arribas Amoebas (5.10+, 4p)
- The Out-of-Towners (5.10+, 3p)
- Fire Sermon (5.10-, 4p)
- Teenage Wasteland (5.10, 4p)
- Magical Realism (5.7+, 1p), Nancy Boys (5.8+, 1p), Uncertainty Principle (5.11, 1p)
- Full Circle (5.10, 5p)
AZ
Cochise Stronghold
Granite
Nate Arganbright
Dec2020 / Jan2021