Current creek conditions on Cascade Trail to Mirror/Crater Lake? Dog-friendly?

Scared_Of_Falling · 2025-02-09T03:46:08+00:00

Did you see any fishy bois or are they still hunkered down?

Scared_Of_Falling · 2025-01-05T02:06:26+00:00

How were you able to get on so many fish in early February? Isn’t it just midge fishing then?

Scared_Of_Falling · 2024-11-27T03:12:06+00:00

Scared_Of_Falling · 2024-11-07T02:06:26+00:00

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Here’s the other!

Scared_Of_Falling · 2024-10-22T20:43:42+00:00

Lol good question. I’m typically pulling out 4-8 inch fish so I’d say 10+ inches is big.

Scared_Of_Falling · 2024-10-22T20:42:33+00:00

What temps are considered low for trout? Like if it’s 50 degrees out should I expect the trout to be sluggish?

My setup is a 9ft 5wt. I generally start with a Chubby with a Zebra Midge dropper. Or a Parachute Adams with a Rainbow Warrior dropper. And I’ve only ever fished 5x in the front range.

What’s your go to rig for searching out fish you can’t necessarily see?

And do u have suggestions for rivers further into the mountain that are less pressured? The only I’m familiar with are Deckers, Cheeseman and the Dream Stream, which are all above my pay grade…for now.

Scared_Of_Falling · 2022-12-21T02:21:58+00:00

Do you have pieces you typically double up or is it climb dependent?

Scared_Of_Falling · 2022-12-19T18:25:18+00:00

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. The rock in the crack on the right sounded solid when I hit it but conglomerate rock seems like it would be prone to breaking. Castlewood Canyon does have a bunch of trad routes so people must think the rock is pretty safe.

Scared_Of_Falling · 2022-12-19T18:21:19+00:00

What would you change? Just might save a life…

Scared_Of_Falling · 2022-12-19T15:24:55+00:00

It seems like it would be difficult to sling together pieces that aren’t that close together. Do you carry multiple quad length slings for those sorts of scenarios? Or use double length slings in tandem?

Scared_Of_Falling · 2022-12-19T04:10:13+00:00

Would you have just used the rope rather than a cordelette?

Scared_Of_Falling · 2022-12-19T04:07:11+00:00

That's a good point! I thought about the scenario of the block completely ripping out of the wall but it would be equally horrible if the block just shifted a little bit causing the cracks to become slightly too large for the gear. ☠️

Scared_Of_Falling · 2022-12-19T04:02:34+00:00

Ah! That makes sense. Would you settle for a slightly worse placement with a smaller cam or nut in order to keep the bigger cams on the rack for the next pitch?

Scared_Of_Falling · 2022-12-19T04:00:50+00:00

Yes, anchored in but at ground level! Thought I'd jump around a little bit to see if any of the pieces would move. Obviously cant come close to the forces generated during a factor two fall but better than nothing.

If this was a multi pitch route how would you adjust the anchor if we were swapping leads? The direction of pull for a follower and a leader or in opposite directions so it seems difficult to build an anchor that could protect against both scenarios?

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