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Post by rock_climbr » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:00 am

i was wondering when the best time to go down to smith would be. would it be all right labour day weekend before i go back to school or should i just go to squamish?

also, where can i find a topo for all the climbs down there?

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Post by tattooed_climber » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:31 pm

go to squish while the weather is good....smith is great though....i was there in april...and while its raining EVERYWHERE on the west coast, it was dry and bloody hot there.....right now its WAY too hot....the canyon is this wicked micro system of hot death....spring or fall i'd say....up to july is ok from what i heard....
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Post by 5.4 Slayer » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:19 pm

Some friends of mine were there in early october. Temps went up to 90 degrees I beleive. If you get a nice stretch of weather then late october early november is damn nice. The nights can get extremely cold though. It snowed last time I was there.

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Post by tattooed_climber » Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:23 pm

5.4 Slayer wrote:Some friends of mine were there in early october. Temps went up to 90 degrees I beleive. If you get a nice stretch of weather then late october early november is damn nice. The nights can get extremely cold though. It snowed last time I was there.
lol when i was there in april it was snowing...once it made it to the canyon, at around 6pm or so.....it was cool toping out to snow! :D



OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you like FREE camping right!!!!!!>>?????

about 10 miles past smith rock (heading away from town) is SKULL HOLLOWS CAMPGROUND.....free, toliets, BIG area....fire pits....its ok...BUT FREE! 8)
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Post by yak » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:51 am

was there last october for 2 weeks. beautiful weather, tank top during the day and down jacket at night ....

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Post by PAW » Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:10 am

suprising given that its a desert climate
:mrgreen: :idea: :idea:

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