We send folks to the far reaches of the planet in search of a good time…And we get pics back from all over as well…Cho Oyu, Devil’s Tower, Ferrin Knob, the Zambizi…even the South Pole.
Check out this collage of a few blasts from the past…You can probably find a couple of familiar faces in there as well…
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Area Closed |
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All climbing routes between and including Southwest Arete and Mainline are closed. |
USFS, Highlands Ranger District (828) 526-3765 |
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Table Rock |
All climbing routes between and including Blood, Sweat, and Tears and My Route are closed. |
USFS, Grandfather Ranger District (828) 652-2144 |
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Shortoff Mountain (Linville Gorge) |
All climbing routes between and including C.O. to and including Paradigm Shift are closed. |
USFS, Grandfather Ranger District (828) 652-2144 |
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Big Lost Cove Cliffs |
All climbing routes are closed. |
USFS, Grandfather Ranger District (828) 652-2144 |
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Looking Glass Rock(North Face) |
All routes to the right* of Glass Menagerie and to the left of and including Twisted Laurel on the North Face of Looking Glass Rock are closed. |
USFS, Pisgah Ranger District (828) 877-3350 |
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Whiterock Cliff and Eagle Cliff |
All climbing routes are closed |
USFS, Appalachian Ranger District (828) 682-6146 |
* As seen from the base of Looking Glass Rock
Climbing route names are taken from: Kelly, Thomas. 1995. The Climber’s Guide to North Carolina 3rd Edition. Earthbound Sports Inc., Chapel Hill, NC 332pp. and from Lambert and Shull. 2002. Selected Climbs in North Carolina. 1st Edition. The Mountaineers Books. Seattle, WA. 326pp.
All sites are closed from January 15 - August 15, 2007; except that in the event that falcons are not using the site or nesting terminates at an earlier date than August 15th, the site may be opened to public use, as determined by the appropriate landowners. The specified closed (or open) routes will change if the falcons nest on a part of the cliff outside the existing closed area, or if they do not nest in an existing closed area, as determined by monitoring throughout the breeding season.
Eagle Cliff, Appalachian Ranger District, is closed for protection of rare plants.
This summary of climbing-site closures represents the best available knowledge regarding closure orders issued by the U.S. Forest Service and North Carolina State Parks as compiled by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission works in collaboration with the above landowners to recommend closure areas that protect peregrine falcon nest sites and minimize restrictions on climbers. Changes in the specific closures, and publication of the notices are the responsibility of the respective landowners.
US Forest Service Closure Orders are available for viewing at: http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc
The leaders early in the race at Camp Rockmont - 5/4/07
The 1st annual Rock2Rock Trail Run saw mud, rocks, hills, blood and smiles…
Will Harlan and Amber Moran smoked the course in 48:33 and 56:48 respectively…and all 107 finishers proclaimed their joy at simply making it around the course! The Dome will definitely bring you Rock2Rock ‘08!
See complete results at rock2rockrun.com
Brought to you by your friends at Black Dome and Jus Running!
Chris Brown and Jay Curwen start out of Turkey Pen in Saturday’s PMBA
Oh my gawd!
The 2007 edition of the PMBA (Pisgah Mountain Bike Adventure) or “Pisgah Death March” was far more than heinous! Certainly the longest strung together piece of singletrack I’ve ever done (Chris Brown and I got the minimum of 4 CPs, took 9 hours, covered about 50 miles and rode gravel roads for less than 20 minutes!)
For those of you that know the Pisgah area…here was the format:
Start and finish - Black Mountain trailhead near the Pisgah ranger station.
7 available CPs, including 2 mandatory CPs (you choose one) Teams of 2 must come back with 4 CPs (including one mandatory) to be official. There was a 5 hour bonus for each additional CP obtained. You must be off the course in 14 hours.
CPs were in Turkey Pen (mandatory), Bradley Creek, top of Cantrell Creek, Club Gap, then over to the west side of Pisgah for Daniel Ridge, Farlow gap (mandatory) and Courthouse Falls.
Most of you won’t know these places, but suffice to say the singletrack is very technical and it rained most of the day…almost all of the forest service and paved roads were off limits…the choices were grim.
Typical section of trail in Turkey Pen
2 teams came back with everything (an unbelievable accomplishment)…The RD said they had to have covered over 100 miles with 85% on very difficult singletrack.
Chis and I stayed in the top 5 for the first 2 CPs and then his brakes went completely out at about the 4.5 hour mark…we were forced to run all the downhills from there…spent maybe 2.5 hours off the bikes and on our feet…Needless to say, 4 points was just fine w/ us and we settled for 12th I think…a bit over 9000 feet of climbing.
This is an incredibly difficult event…I have ridden every one of the trails in question at some point…In the best conditions and with no mechanicals, I’m not sure we could have cleaned it…but I will definitely be back to try.
http://www.mtbikewnc.com/maps/drcgridemapa.html
http://www.mtbikewnc.com/trailheads/mrinteractivemap.html#Points%20of%20Interest
http://www.mtbikewnc.com/maps/danielmapa.html
Jay Curwen
Black Dome
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2007 North Carolina Climbing Site Closures for Peregrine Falcons
