Ice Ice Baby! 6 members of the ACC flew into Montrose, CO on Feb 18 and made the drive to Lake City, CO to visit the ice park there. An alternative to Ouray, Lake City now has 200+ routes contained in 5 areas. Most routes are steep (at least WI3+/4) [...]
Weather was perfect for the club's trip to T-Wall on 2/7. We had a good showing, there were about 15 of us who showed up to climb. Our venerable trad leaders worked their way up routes including New Beginnings 5.5, Plastic Toys 5.7, Nappy 5.7, Art 5.8, Prerequisite for Excellence [...]
For our first trip of the year the Atlanta Climbing Club visited Boat Rock in West Atlanta. A popular bouldering area, it held one of the first bouldering competitions in the U.S. back in 1985 and has some classic problems. It was a beautiful day outside with lots of friction [...]
The December trip was held on yet another perfect day, with lots of warm sunshine to bask in. With around 14 members, including 2 first timers, showing up at various times in an unfamiliar location we were seldom all in one area at the same time. Still, we were able [...]
For the December club trip we will be going to Big Rock Mtn (AKA Nine Times Preserve) in SC. A relatively new area that offers up a variety of grades on slabby granite in both trad and sport flavors. This is a good winter destination, especially if sunny. It’s about [...]
Club Meeting: The presentation this Thursday the 5th at 7:00pm is on the 1984 Tsobuje (21,980 ft) Nepal Expedition. The meeting will be at the City View Vinings apartment complex clubhouse; 3340 Cumberland Boulevard Atlanta, GA 30339. The clubhouse is on the first floor facing the intersection. The door will [...]
The October trip to Looking Glass turned out quite well. We had 15 members make the trek to NC, including a few new people continuing a trend for this year. Despite being hard to find in the dark, the campground was very nice with an actual creek on site just [...]
Our next club trip will be held October 2nd-4th at Looking Glass in Brevard, NC. It is @ 3.5 hr from Atl. Looking Glass is a trad climber’s paradise. Well known for its big granite walls, it has both single and multi-pitch climbs with some very unique features. We will be [...]
On Saturday Sept. 12th the club kicked off the fall climbing season with a trip to Lost Wall. We had 6 climbers head up at 6:00 am and another 8 left at 7:15 am. We had a good mix of the regulars and newer members. We luckily avoided rain except for a few [...]
The Atlanta Climbing Club welcomes you to join us on an ice climbing adventure. If you’re an experienced ice climber looking to lock in a great trip this winter or someone who always wanted to try ice climbing but never had the opportunity this is your trip. This trip is guided by Scott [...]
