Another bluebird day in Taylor Canyon

As the busy summer season slows ever so slightly here in Crested Butte, we often have the opportunity to create custom instructional courses for our guests. Last week, the Kruglak father-daughter duo spent three days learning the basics of Traditional climbing in the beautiful granite paradise of Taylor Canyon.

reaching for the “jug”

With the “fall out of the car” approaches allowing us to almost belay from the car and splitter high quality granite, Taylor is a great place to hone your traditional multi-pitch skills.  Most of the taylor canyon climbing ranges from one to three pitches in length and many routes boast clean smooth crack climbing.

My guest regularly climb on the cliffs of the Potomac, so we focused on developing skills that they can apply to climbing at their local crag. This included: lowering from above and top-belay systems, the lead climbing sequence, rappelling, and of course gear placement and removal in the context of some multi-pitch classics.

Bringing up the second after a ‘mock’ lead

Belaying off the Anchor

An expertly rigged rappel setup

While we know there is more to traditional climbing than can be mastered in a few days, we built upon solid foundational concepts. The great summer weather coupled with positive attitudes and a genuine desire to learn, contributed to three great days on the rock.

Rappelling with the setting sun

Fall is just around the corner and for CBMG guides this means it’s time to Climb! Contact us today to set up a custom multipitch climb.

-CBMG guide Mike Bromberg

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