We spent the afternoon climbing at Devils Lake yesterday. The weather was in the mid 60's. We hiked to the Railroad Amphitheater and almost walked past the climbing area. The brush on both sides of the track have been cut back and in most cases, entire trees have been taken out which has changed the traditional landmarks. The shade that climbers benefit from when climbing at Railroad is no more. We set "Cantenary Crack" (5.9+) and "The Pillar"(5.6) and then met Nick, Sarah and their friends who were also climbing. Todd came out later with Harper. Todd set "Jack the Ripper" (5.10c) so Nick, Todd and I gave it a go. We climbed until 4:00 and the rain started to move in so we packed up and headed out. Gabe and I were going to camp but the rain changed our minds. Gabe is climbing The Pillar in the photo above.
