2. 2009

Season's First Climb - Roadhouse Rock

We headed out in early May for the first dry rock of the year, only to find a wet sleety snow falling in Hatcher Pass. We made the best of it anyway and managed to make it up one route, opening the season's climbing for us all!
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Richard casts an eye upwards at the route he is to travel.
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Richard casts an eye upwards at the route he is to travel.

AlaskaHatcher PassArchangel ValleyRoadhouse RockRock ClimbingRichard Harrop2009Matanuska Susitna Valley

  • Rope drag can present a real chore for the belayer. Richard and Tracy pull some slack through as Richard prepares to climb.
  • Richard moves higher on the wet rock with Tracy at the belay.
  • Archangel Valley falls away in the background with a wet snow drifting around us.
  • Richard casts an eye upwards at the route he is to travel.
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  • On the hike back to the car we crossed paths with a pair of ptarmigan.
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  • This pair is shedding their winter colors in exchange for summer brown, and still blending in perfectly.
  • Alaska's state bird: the ptarmigan.
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