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Poudre Canyon

Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by B3 in Poudre Canyon

Saturday was a beautiful day in the Poudre Canyon. Last weekend the Front Range was inundated with snow and it was nice to have a day of gorgeous fall weather. We climbed at the Gandalf Area on some great established problems. The river was down and the sometimes epic crossing was pleasureable. It’s always a good idea to carry an old pair of shoes or waiters for the wintertime Poudre River crossings. I worked on Black Swam V12 (FA Blake Rutherford), which is the low start to the classic Gandolf and I also tried a nice project up the hill.

Gandalf himself leads the way

The Nerf Jug Project climbs out a nice roof on perfect rock and fairly easy climbing to a very hard lockoff/dyno. After ripping some skin on the sharp jug, Herm put a piece of tape over the edge. It certainly softened up the hold, but after peeling off the tape on several missed goes, I just took it off and did the move. I only did the hard move once after a lot of attempts and I would love to get back. Here are some pictures of the crew.

Herm on Black Swan V12

Black Swan climbs several hard crimping moves to a difficult lunge out right and then finishes up a classic highball and perfect rock.

Paul Dusatko on Do Not Name this Problem aka One Armed Scissor V10

Chris Craft on As Hard As They Come V9

Poudre River