Off Season Fun

[Climbingjunky]

I usually just wind up climbing at the local gym. Hopefully when it starts snowing, hit up the slopes and do some snowboarding or snowshoeing. I'm buying a mountain bike this weekend, so as long the weather is decent outside, I'll be riding around everywhere. Drinking beer is also fun.

[rich k]

recon for new boulder fields
clean new lines
weekend road trip to smith, skaha
sit in coffee shop and wait for rain to stop, roads to dry
books/mags/vids about climbing


it never ends...

[Peter]

season ending??? what are you talking about, it's beautiful up here, btw Gary check your pm's

[MCpl]

If you boulder, the season is just getting good. Yes. There will be a a bit of a break when the rains show up, but once it freezes, its prime sending time.

Similarly if you ice climb. Right about now you're dry tooling the backside of the Kacodemon boulder.

Then there are road trips down south. Its just starting to cool off enough to get in some great days in the desert.

Meingh..... you must be really busy, like being in school or something, to suggest that the season is ending.

[XXXX]

El Nino = warmer and drier winter. And 2007 is expected to set records for all time warmest year. Expect to climb every month of the year this winter in Squamish.

[XXXX]

That's not what the Provincial Climatologist told me today. He said it was gonna be drier.

[mcgarnickle]

My strategy is to toil like a slave during the bad weather, save up lotsa cash, and then take a huge vacation and climb for months and months straight! And on that note, time to head to work...

[phoenix]

I say it's going to be as wet or worse than last year

I hate rain season. Let's have positive thoughts about the weather please.
I will be overloaded with work and school this winter, and so I am counting on skiing and a little ice climbing to keep me reasonably sane.

[gordo]

you guys are way to serious

I'm going to spend a few weeks in Peurto Rico.

the rest of the time will probably involve beer, wine and ice cream
I like to think of this as my training diet )

[J Mace]

weather people in Vancouver who can;t nail down the forecast 6 hours from now

Maybe your watching the wrong channel...I have had plans to climb tomorrow all week long, and looky here its gonna be nice tomorrow!

and I say it's going to be as wet or worse than last year

well your off to a good start..its just been horrible..I mean this time last year we had received over 50 mm of rain for a total amount of 155 mm of rain for OCt

this year we have taken in a whopping 3.8 mm..

[rich k]

also, as one of my hobbies, i like to discuss el nino on squamishclimbing.com ?

[rich k]

Now that the Climbing Season in Squamish is coming to a close what does everyone do with there new found spare time??

ok, now you're officially allowed to say that.

"From Thursday evening to Friday evening we expect : 35-45 mm of rain.
Saturday, Sunday: Cloudy with showers"

this could be the first weekend in a long time where off-season fun is necessary.

maybe smith, it's looking prime http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/97760