Courtright reservoir: Power Dome, Voyager Dome
August 14-15, 2010
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First trip to Courtright - the setting & camping was amazing!
Pretty fun climbing too... we did "Welcome to Courtright" on
Power Dome the first day (5 pitches, 5.10a) - amazing face climbing!
The runouts and route finding make it memorable.
Make sure to start with Wichita Lineman (approach pitch to
the ledge). We spent a long time figuring out the approach,
not as straightforward as the guidebook made it sound. Ended up doing two
rappels and some downclimbing. The descent is awesome, though - easy 15
minutes and you are back on the road!
On Sunday we had a lazy start and tried Butterfly on Voyager
Dome, but we bailed off the last pitch after the last bolt on
the face climbing (first two bolts are ancient rusty 1/4"ers,
but the third one is new/replaced). The climb traverses
after the 3rd bolt, with a potential swing for the second,
so we decided to call it quits there. The first two pitches
had very dirty grainy cracks, which felt harder than 5.9...
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At the base of Power Dome, Courtright |
Looking up Wichita Lineman, 5.8d - Power Dome |
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On the top of the first pitch of Welcome to Courtright, Power Dome - the scariest one |
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The second pitch of Welcome to Courtright (5.10a) |
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At the belay |
Last pitch (number 5) |
Cool protection |
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The reservoir |
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Our climb basically followed the skyline. Longer than it looks! |
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The kitchen/awesome camp spot |
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Walking up to Voyager Dome |
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Start of the first pitch of Butterfly, 5.10a |
Starting up the face (crux), two old rusty 1/4“ bolts followed by a good 3rd bolt |
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Looking back to Voyager Dome |
Beautiful |
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