This Saturday will be our club trip to Yellow Bluff, AL. Located just south of Huntsville, Yellow Bluff’s sandstone is home to some fine single-pitch climbing — both sport and trad. We will be departing the Thornton Road park and ride at 7am. Due to the long ride and limited [...]
And now a message from our president! As mentioned at our January meeting, one of my goals for this year, as your President, is to promote safe climbing within our community in addition to giving back to the organization(s) that protect and preserve our crags allowing us access to climb [...]
The first club trip of the new year will be held this Saturday, January 5 at Currahee Mountain in northeast Georgia. The large granite slab on the southeast face of Currahee is an excellent solar collector, providing warm climbing on the coldest winter days. There is a mix of sport [...]
The club trip for November will be to Currahee Mountain this Saturday the 10th. Hidden in the hills near the town of Toccoa, Currahee is a change of pace from the familiar steep sandstone cracks and dihedrals of Tennessee. More in character with North Carolina, Currahee is a granite outcropping featuring [...]
Due to the likely hood of rain on Saturday the trip to Foster Falls will be postponed till Sunday the 9th. We will still meet for carpooling at 8am.
The chance of rain near Chattanooga this Saturday has jumped to 80%. We are chickening out and changing the club trip to Sunday. All other details remain the same — meet at the Marietta Park and Ride at 8am sharp. Sorry for the last minute change. Hope to see you [...]
We will be heading to Foster Falls for the club trip this Saturday the 8th. “Foster Falls is a major destination for sport climbing in the south. Near the town of Jasper (just west of Chattanooga), it features high-quality sandstone and challenging climbing in a pleasant locale. Though you [...]
The club trip will be at Sunset Park in TN 34.9992, -85.3554 this Saturday. We will be at the sunset north. Sunset has a great variety of climbing for anyone from beginners to the hardest trad leaders (there is no sport climbing at Sunset due to a total ban on [...]
The club climbing trip for March is this Saturday the 10th to Palisades, that is, to Blount County Palisades Park on Ebell Mountain near Oneonta, Alabama. We will meet at the Thornton Road Park and Ride at 7:00 am to carpool, or you can meet us there. To get to [...]
You will recall that the January Atlanta Climbing Club trip was to T-Wall. About 15 hardy climbers braved the 30% chance of rain and made the drive to Chattanooga, TN. We were encouraged by no rain and patches of sunlight between Cartersville and Chattanooga. But on the other side of [...]