Quinn and I headed out on a northwest climbing road trip in late August. First stop was City of Rocks Idaho since it’s a great place, Quinn had never been there and it provided good timing to avoid the wet weather that was currently in the Squamish BC area – our final destination. Here is Quinn and I on top of Morning Glory Spire after his first climb at “The City” :)
Quinn leading the first 5.10a pitch of “Morning Glory”. Some thoughtful slab and face climbing to get you going.
Quinn coming up the crux 5.10d second pitch of “Morning Glory”. Cool and continuous climbing.
A view of City of Rocks National Reserve to the south from Morning Glory spire.
Quinn finishing up the crux second pitch.
Castle Rocks State Park, the lower elevation portion of City of Rocks, just after sunrise.
Quinn on the approach to the Yellow Wall to the north of the Twin Sisters formations.
Very cool climbing on the classic 5.9 route “Yellow Wall”. Steep, but good holds and nice stemming.
Quinn on the summit block of Yellow Wall. No other people anywhere near us despite the nice weather and a weekend day. Must have been the brutal 15 minute approach that kept folks away ;-)
A cool 5.10c crack climb on the Yellow Wall.
Quinn pointing at our afternoon objective, “Eagle Crack” on the Eagle Wall. A little bit of thrashing up the hillside gets you to this very cool steep and featured crack climb.
Me leading the Eagle Crack, 5.10a/b. Good stuff! Steep and fun.
On the summit of Eagle Rock with Twin Sisters in the background. Note the nasty wildfire smoke from various fires in the Northwest at the time.
Just after leaving City of Rocks on our way to Leavenworth WA we drove through some pretty agricultural areas with the southern Idaho mountains in the background. We had about 600 miles to drive that day to reach Icicle Canyon outside of Leavenworth WA.
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