When the friction is on sometimes you have to do battle with the snow to get your granite on. In a last minute attempt to make sure I got a day in January outside, Ben, Tank and I packed his sweet new not-so-mini truck up and headed out to Gold Bar last weekend. The road up to the top looked pretty dodgy so we opted for 5-Star & 5-Star Warm Up. It was a bit of a slog to get to the boulders with the creek at the 5 Star parking lot not crossable.
Even with the snow 5 Star has 3 or 4 great options that seemed to be pretty dry. We couldn't pad Green Padded Ass (oh the irony) out enough but Sobriosity was relatively dry. 5 Star Arete wasn't bad either although seeping in a few non crucial places. After a bit of frosty warm ups and a few goes on Sobriosity Ben sent it. I continure to struggle in the same spot but feel like I have everything but the crux dialed. The real gem of the day though was the hard v4 on 5 Star Warm Up. Not sure on the name so if you know it add it to the comments. It's good wihc some really crimpy moves to start traversing low and left to a great super awkward and shouldery stem move that takes you out on a pair of Dolly Partons. Neither of of us got it this go round but I think fresh it will go. It's not a frequently climbed boulder but well worth a stop(and easier to find) in the winter.
Me Climb Pretty One Day steps deep into the video scene with our first mini short. It's basically everything a bouldering video should be minus the bikinis.
Me contemplating a new line called "Wet Fat Ass"
Walking up to the Warm Up boulder through a mini creek
Creek Crossing Guard
Anyone been on this boulder up from the Warm Up?
v4 on the Warm Up
Tank Love Snow
Green Padded Ass, Wet Fat Asses older brother
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