Maple Canyon – It’s Cobblein Time

Thursday night we packed four people, two dogs and a bunch of crap into the Subie and headed west for Maple Canyon. The drive passed quickly as the conversations wandered from one topic to another, and next thing I knew we were pulling into the canyon. We had the group site reserved, as a bunch of friends would be joining us the next night, and we set up our big tents and crashed for the night.

The weather over the weekend was perfect, as Maple is a fantastic summer spot. Lots of shady corridors and walls mean you only have to climb in the sun if you want to. Of course the girls wanted to, despite our protests it was too warm. I forgot how steep the routes are in Maple, we did one 5.7 that has to be the steepest route of that grade that I have climbed outside of the Gunks or Seneca. It’s definitely a good place to push yourself, as the climbs for the most part are well bolted and the falls clean.

It was a great weekend to continue getting my climbing mojo back after the long winter of skiing A very different style than we had experienced at Penitente Canyon the weekend before, and it took some getting used to. But by the last day things were clicking and my confidence continued to rise. I’m psyched to start hitting the local spots again and enjoy the summer which has finally arrived!