Trip report Chronology
2022 trip reports
Full chronological listing of my trip reports in 2022, starting at the most recent, along with links to individual trip reports.
587588
(no TRs for some)
(no TRs for some)
- Idiot Wind Pitches 1&2 (5.9+R, 2p) + Dalke-Covington Pitches 2-4 (5.8, 3p)
- Turnkorner (5.10b, 7p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
Sept2022
570575
585586
(no TRs for some)
585586
(no TRs for some)
- Conads + Wolf's Tooth + Bowels of the Owls (5.9, 3p)
- Cragging: West Owl Direct / Silly Putty Pitch 1 (5.9, 1p)
- Plumb Line (5.9, 5p) (+ Under Babylon, 5.10+, 1p)
- Cragging: Bonzo (5.10b, 1p), Guillotine Pitches 1&2 (5.10c, 2p), Bosch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Pitches 1&2 (5.12a, 2p), Whiteman Pitch 1 (5.11c, 1p)
- Mr. President (5.10d, 5p)
- Thindependence + Visual Aids + Loose Ends + Cheap Date + Outlander (5.10c, 1p + 5.10b, 2p + 5.4, 1p + 5.10b, 1p + 5.10c, 1p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright, Erika Bannon
Aug-Sept2022
577578579
LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN GLACIER GORGE
- Bequeathed (5.10d, 6p)
- The Kingfisher (5.11, 7p)
- Rain Delay (5.9+, 1-2p)
- The Barb (5.10, 10p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
Sept2022
574
THE CLEAVER - ISOLATION PEAK - OUZEL PEAK - OGALALLA PEAK (~22 miles, 2.5 days, 4 summits & 6 alpine lakes, up to 3rd)
CO
RMNP
Gneiss & Granite
Nate Arganbright
Aug2022
571
2-SUMMIT SOLO LINK-UP
- East Ridge (3rd)
- The Beaver (5.5) + Clark's Arrow (3rd) + Gorrell's Traverse (5.4) + North Face / Cables Route (5.4)
CO
RMNP
Granite
solo
Aug2022
568
D7 (5.11c, 5-6p) + Kiener's Route (3rd/4th to summit)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
Aug2022
565566
WEEKEND IN CHASM VIEW CIRQUE
- Indirectissima (5.9, 4-6p)
- Stettner's Ledges (5.8, 6p) to Zumie's Thumb (5.9, 7p) + Exit Pitch (5.10, 1p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
Aug2022
564
Airplane Gully to Northeast Ridge (~10 miles round trip, ~3200 ft gain, 3rd)
CO
Indian Peaks
Granite & Gneiss
solo
Aug2022
563
Royal Flush (5.11c, 10p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
July2022
562
2-ROUTE LINK-UP ON LONGS PEAK
- Kiener's (4th)
- North Face / Cables Route (5.4)
CO
RMNP
Granite
solo
July2022
561
The Kingfisher (5.11, 7p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
July2022
559
The Golden Staircase (5.9-5.11, 18p, sport)
CO
Estes Park Area
Gneiss
Nate Arganbright
July2022
557558
WEEKEND IN GLACIER GORGE
- North Ridge (5.6-5.8, 6-8p)
- Step-in-Stein (5.10a, 4p)
CO
RMNP
Granite, Gneiss, Biotite Schist
Nate Arganbright
July2022
555556
WEEKEND IN GLACIER GORGE
- Refugium (5.10a, 5p)
- East Prow (5.9+/10b, 6p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
July2022
553
Summit Mummy Mtn from Lawn Lake (3rd) + work on new route + fishing + exploring + camping
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
July 2022
569
581
584
(no TRs for most)
581
584
(no TRs for most)
- various routes at Blob Rock, Cascade Crag, Sherwood Forest, Practice Rock (4 days)
- various routes at Wall of the 90s (1 day)
- RIDGE THREE (Angel's Way, 5.2, 1200'); THE SLAB (Diagonals, 5.2, 1200') ; SEAL ROCK (East Face Right, 5.4, 800'); FRONT PORCH (Tiptoe Slab, 5.3, 500'); ROYAL ARCH (East Face, 4th, 300'); FIFTH FLATIRON (Descent route, 4th, 150') (6 days)
- various routes at Highlander Crag, Rib Rock, Point of Honor (1.5 days)
- various routes at The Bastille, Wind Tower, Redgarden, Cadillac Crag (6 days)
- various routes at The Thumb (1 day)
- 1st time cragging in the Ironclads (1 day)
- 1st time cragging at Lincoln Lake Slabs (1 day)
- 1st time cragging at Poudre Canyon (1 day)
CO
Boulder Canyon, Clear Creek Canyon, Flatirons, Estes Park area, Eldorado Canyon, Mt. Evans, Ft. Collins area
Granite, Gneiss, Conglomerate sandstone, Gneiss,Foundation Arkosic Sandstone
Will Starks, Erika Bannon, Zach Durbin, Ben Smith, Nate Arganbright, solo, Craig Weinhold, Greg DeSantis, toprope solo, Ryan Enright, Erin Houlihan
June-Sept2022
(no TR)
PROSPECT MOUNTAIN
trail (~2 miles round trip, ~850 ft gain)
CO
Estes Park Area
-
Marty Abegg, Sue Abegg
June2022
551
trail from Milner Pass (~9.5 miles round trip, ~2300 ft gain)
CO
RMNP
-
Marty Abegg, Sue Abegg
June2022
549
trail (~9 miles round trip, ~1800 ft gain)
CO
RMNP
-
Marty Abegg, Sue Abegg
June2022
548
trail+scramble (~9.5 miles round trip, ~3650 ft gain, 3rd)
CO
Indian Peaks
Gneiss
solo
June2022
546
Southwest Corner (5.10, 8p)
CO
RMNP
Gneiss & Biotite Schist
Nate Arganbright
June2022
544
starting at Fern Lake Trailhead (~13 miles round trip, ~4200 ft gain)
CO
RMNP
Gneiss & Biotite Schist
solo
June2022
541
~2.5 miles & ~ 6 miles round trip from Dunes Parking Lot, no real trail
CO
Great Sand Dunes NP
-
solo
May2022
536537538539540
Spring 2022
- COMIC RELIEF BUTTRESS
- NORTH CHASM VIEW WALL
- THE ARETES
- NORTH CHASM VIEW WALL
- MAIN GULLY AREA / THE ARETES
- Comic Relief (5.10, 7p, 950')
- The Cruise (5.10+, 10+p, 1800')
- Russian Arete (5.9+, ~8p, ~1800 ft)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (5.11, 6p, ~800 ft)
- Lauren's Arete (5.8, 7p, ~800 ft)
CO
Black Canyon of Gunnison
Gneiss
Nate Arganbright
May2022
517530535
(no TRs for some)
(no TRs for some)
- Star Trek (5.9, 3p)
- The Corinthian Column (5.9, 4-5p)
- Cragging: Winds of Fortune Pitch 1 (5.10a, 1p), Strawberry Shortcake (5.10c, 1p), Pineapple Juice (5.11b, 1p)
- Magical Chrome Plated Semi-Automatic Enema Syringe (5.7, 5p)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright, Scott Kimball
Jan/Apr/May2022
(no TR)
LILY MOUNTAIN
trail (~3.7 miles round trip, ~1250 ft gain)
CO
Estes Park Area
-
solo
May2022
533
Chasm Lake - Camel Gully - Lady Washington - Chasm View - Boulderfield (~11 miles round trip, ~4000 ft gain, snowy)
CO
RMNP
-
solo
Apr2022
(no TRs for most)
531547
531547
- various routes (1 day)
- Standard Route Pitches 1-3 (5.10d, 3p)
- various routes at World's End, Subskull/Skull Rock, The Checkerboard, Mikey's Island, Horsehead Rock, and 420 Wall (11 days)
- various routes (15 days)
- various routes at West Crag (0.5 day)
- various routes (2 days)
- Violet Blue (5.11c, 3p) & various routes (1.5 days)
- various routes (0.5 day)
- various routes at River Wall (2 days, toprope solo) and Button Rock (1 day)
- various routes (0.5 day, toprope solo)
- THE REGENCY (El Camino Royale, 5.2, 800') + ROYAL ARCH (East Face, 4th, 200') + AMEBOID (Buckets, 4th, 300') + HAMMERHEAD (East Ridge, 4th, 400'; Yodeling Moves, 5.0, 40'); RIDGE ONE (Stairway to Heaven, 5.3, 1200'; Love, 5.5, 150') (2 days)
- various routes (1 day)
- various routes (1 day)
- various routes at Tonnere Tower, Avalon, & Upper Dream Canyon (4 days)
- 1st time cragging at Thumb & Needle, various routes (2 days)
CO
Estes Park area, South Platte, Shelf Road, St. Vrain Canyon, North Table Mtn, Flatirons, Rifle, Eldorado Canyon, Boulder Canyon
Granite, Limestone, Granitic, Basalt, Conglomerate sandstone, Foundation Arkosic Sandstone, Gneiss
Nate Arganbright, Will Starks, Scott Kimball, Paul Bodnar, Bernard Gillett, Shawn May, toprope solo, Ben Smith, Jason T, Muzhou Lu, Erika Bannon, Peter Gonda, Matt Touchette
Jan-June2022
(no TR)
CROSIER MOUNTAIN
trail via Glen Haven Trailhead (~10.0 miles round trip, ~3000 ft gain)
CO
Estes Park Area
-
solo
Apr2022
(no TR)
BEAR PEAK + SOUTH BOULDER PEAK
trail via Cragmoor Trailhead (~8.0 miles round trip, ~3350 ft gain)
CO
Boulder Area
-
solo
Apr2022
(no TR)
MT. SANITAS
trail via Mt. Sanitas + Sanitas Valley loop Trailhead (~3.2 miles round trip, ~1250 ft gain)
CO
Boulder Area
-
solo
Mar2022
528
trail (~8.4 miles round trip, ~3250 ft gain, snowy)
CO
Indian Peaks/RMNP
-
solo
Mar2022
527
- Cragging: 3 days (5.9-5.12, 23 routes)
- Cragging: 1 day (5.10- to 5.11-, 7 routes)
CO
Paradox Valley
Navajo Sandstone, Wingate Sandstone
Nate Arganbright
Mar2022
526
trail (~9.6 miles round trip, ~2300 ft gain, snowy)
CO
Indian Peaks
-
solo
Mar2022
524
trail (~10 miles round trip, ~3300 ft gain, snowy)
CO
RMNP
-
solo
Mar2022
522
trail (~7.8 miles round trip, ~2800 ft gain, snowy)
CO
Indian Peaks/RMNP
-
solo
Feb2022
519
trail (~12 miles round trip, ~3000 ft gain, snowy)
CO
RMNP
-
solo
Feb2022
512
East Flank (~7.9 miles round trip, ~3800 ft gain, snowy)
CO
RMNP
Granite
Nate Arganbright
Jan2022