News of Southwest (AZ, NM, NV, TX)

Apologies for a last minute lazy query; I'm sure if I had bought a guidebook and done more research I'd have all the info I need. I'm flying to Tucson this afternoon for a college roomates' 50th birthday party. My other ex-roomates and I will be staying at the Westward Look Resort in Tucson, which I gather is north of town on the southwest side of the Santa Catalina Mtns.. I just realized that two ...

I am headed to Salt Lake City for July 4th, from Reno and considering hitting Hole-in-the-Mountain Peak on the way. It seems short, but steep. Anyone every climb it? Is it pretty safe? I know it is hard, but seems like pretty doable given the short distance. Just a slog up boulders?

I expect to be coming thru the area between the 16th - 19th and need to know if I should bother packing the snowshoes? (much easier to leave behind... but the knees don't do so well with extended post-holing)

Is the route up to Griffith (and beyond) clear yet... (or soon to be..)... or is it still buried from a heavy winter?

This june, I will be in Arizona and / or Utah for about 6 - 7 days. After looking around on the internet and reading some guide books, I feel like a kid in a candy store! There is so much beautiful stuff to see! Sadly, I only brought $1 to this candy store (my 6-7 days time limit), so I will need some help picking out destinations and trip ideas.

So far, things that ...

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I'm heading back to Boise from Vegas in about a week. I plan on camping a night at Cave Lake near Ely, NV. Anyone know of any good bouldering spots near this area? or any between Ely and Jackpot?

Thanks

I'm off on a guy trip to Vegas this weekend and I would like to get in a quick desert peak on one of the days. I've been up to Mount Charleston many times and I'm looking for something different. I don't want to drive more than 45 minutes either. A little one would be fine. Thanks!

Saw this on Mt Project.

Update:
Yet another attempt at putting in tract homes in Blue Diamond. Clark Co votes 21 April. Please sign today.

When we decided to not wait for three parties ahead of us on Crimson, we went for Spare Rib (or so we thought). We got on a route one buttress to the left of Crimson, but I believe Spare Rib is one buttress to the East. Anyway, all went as expected until I finished the 3rd pitch and expected 5.4 to the top. Instead, there was a line of bolts up a blankish varnished face. ...

I've never met him, but Bob Sumner and I share much in common starting with our age and our peakbagging goals. I've seen his name in more than a hundred registers over the years in CA and NV and we've probably been atop more than 500 of the same summits. I've exchanged emails with him to discuss approach routes to remote peaks in the Sierra as he seems to like long day hikes as much ...

What do you think? We climbed there in early March when it was cold so all routes in shady canyons are still to be climbed.