Saturday December 17, 2011: Nine Corners Lake

After a few days of rain during the work week I had high hopes that snow would be melted in the north country and we might have one last shot at a bouldering session at the Snowy Mtn. boulders in Indian Lake.  With the Jeep fully loaded with four guys and numerous crash pads, we headed north early on Saturday morning.  Everything was looking promising until we got into Speculator. 

I had called a convienient store in Speculator the night before to verify that they had no snow...turns out, they got about 2" of unexpected fresh powder over night.  After a quick pit stop for some homemade muffins, we ventured back south to test our luck at Nine Corners Lake to try and salvage the day and actually climb something.  Unfortunately we ran into the same dilema in Caroga Lake but the accumulation was far less than what we experienced in Speculator so we hiked into the boulder field with snow brushes and crash pads to give it a go.

A majority of the boulders were covered with snow but we were able to climb for a few hours.  It was cold and uncomfortable but just being outside in the fresh air made all of the negatives temporarily go away.

Media Update:

The fresh snowfall lingering throughout the boulder field

Banta eyeing up his current project "The Gatekeeper"

Tim on the upper sequence of "The Origin"

Pooler styling on the lower portion of "The Origin"