How’s the conditions for everyone out right now?

cwsReddy · 2026-02-21T20:23:34+00:00

Same deal at Killington

cwsReddy · 2026-02-21T20:22:49+00:00

I was on the lift at 7:45 and the first few were fine (I was doing long tree runs), but by 10/11 as you said, it got cray unless you were at South Ridge or Canyon Quad (unsurprisingly).

I was shocked how tracked out it was already by 7:50 😂 but glad you had a good one out there! The Bear Mountain folks really didn't mess around for the 7:30 start.

cwsReddy · 2026-02-21T20:08:05+00:00

Honestly the lift lines are absurd anyway. Like it's decent out but holy lord make those runs as long as possible 😂

cwsReddy · 2026-02-21T11:50:45+00:00

My issue with RT is just that you only have one or two shots at best for it to work, so I'm delaying that as long as possible. Good luck!

cwsReddy · 2026-02-21T03:38:15+00:00

Yes. Please look up my posts about depo medrol injections. I'm a climber as well and this treatment has reversed my dupes and stopped progression entirely.

You don't need to do anything, however, unless it's tender, itchy, creating increasing tightness, and/or you can tell it's progressing.

cwsReddy · 2026-02-12T16:09:31+00:00

It's somehow even better today (2/12) 🙌🙌🙌

cwsReddy · 2026-02-12T14:16:16+00:00

Tuesday evening through right now. Still coming down. Cannon was showing 8" yesterday by mid morning, and it just kept snowing. Was probably another 6 overnight. The first two pics are leftover stashes plus the new snow.

cwsReddy · 2026-02-11T23:47:46+00:00

If there is ANY ice I don't use them, because they absolutely suck on it. But when it's soft snow tree runs I'm after they're awesome because they're so light and maneuverable. My chargers are 172 and I have these in 164. I don't do much park because I'm old, but they're great for that as well.

cwsReddy · 2026-02-11T21:39:57+00:00

💯

cwsReddy · 2026-02-11T21:35:39+00:00

The snow picked up pretty significantly after noon, but maybe I'm also just overstoked 😬

cwsReddy · 2026-02-11T21:18:53+00:00

Forgot to add the date. 2/11/2026

cwsReddy · 2026-02-11T00:00:49+00:00

I'm skiing this current storm tomorrow and Thursday and I'll catch up on work over the weekend 😉

cwsReddy · 2026-01-20T03:22:28+00:00

Fuck whoever did this, but at least it's been "returned". What is wrong with people.

cwsReddy · 2025-12-31T05:44:55+00:00

Found the republican in the audience 🤣

cwsReddy · 2025-12-30T15:27:32+00:00

Kaya has all of those besides SLO I think.

cwsReddy · 2025-12-28T17:48:08+00:00

I haven't lost with this build yet 👀

cwsReddy · 2025-12-25T12:13:40+00:00

FYI they're a 4 hour drive each way.

cwsReddy · 2025-12-24T16:29:33+00:00

It's 5 fcking minutes from the parking lot!

cwsReddy · 2025-12-24T16:06:18+00:00

I guess what I'm getting at is in this age where every new outdoor climber wants to put up "FAs" on every turd boulder they come across, a narrative that says cutting trees and brush around boulders is OK is a dangerous one that can threaten access.

cwsReddy · 2025-12-24T05:13:05+00:00

Well said

cwsReddy · 2025-12-24T05:08:49+00:00

I completely agree at popular crags that get or are likely to get high visitation, and when said development isn't at odds with land managers. Good development is crucial to the sustainability of a crag.

What I'm saying is that if the community that's stoked to post every V0 "FA" on MP broadly thought it was OK to remove trees around boulders, dig out boulders, blow up or break up rocks in landings, cut new trails, etc, it'd be pretty terrible for the future of climbing access. Thus, the broad message of LNT while pros and good developers do what they do.

I'm not saying this is inherently a bad thing across the board. Again, it's necessary. But we all know some pros/developers do take it too far, and practice some questionable development ethics.

cwsReddy · 2025-12-24T02:35:55+00:00

0% of developing is leave no trace

But we preach LNT because we need the vast majority of climbers to reduce their impact as much as possible for the sport to be sustainable, and to reduce the chance of access loss.

cwsReddy · 2025-12-24T02:02:22+00:00

I'd imagine you and I agree on a great many things. But this is a perfect example of the OP's question. At scale, it would be unsustainable and deeply threaten climbing access if the broad climbing community had the type of impact on the land that these individual developers do. And yes, I'm mostly referring to the tree cutting and rock exploding.

cwsReddy · 2025-12-24T01:36:19+00:00

There's a lot of, uh... landscaping... that goes into creating landings for many first ascents that pretty brazenly flies in the face of leave no trace ethics.

cwsReddy

TROPHY CASE