I left Friday morning to meet up with my group. We were heading down to Brian Head, UT to do some climbing at the Overlook. The drive down wasn’t bad…around three hours total. We drove through Parowan and then through Brian Head. On the way I took note that Brian Head Peak was the high point for Iron County.
We arrived at camp, and immediately started setting up some lines for the group (Utah Climbing Club), most of which would probably be arriving Saturday morning. After hopping on some routes I was super impressed with the rock type. I’ve never climbed on that type before, and it was pretty awesome. It’s a type of volcanic rock called Welded Tuff. It’s got tons of awesome pockets, edges and cracks. It was truly great fun.
That evening we all got camp set up, and had our respective dinners. I took some delicious Mountain House sodium meals…They were tasty, but I was plagued with weird dreams all night for the two days I had these meals.
We were camped at about 10k feet. Which is of course nice and cool for sleeping. There were ATVs throughout the night driving by, which was annoying, but compared to the group from SUU that came at midnight to climb it wasn’t as strange. The next morning brought more people from the group, and much more fun climbing for the day. I hopped on some more difficult routes and thoroughly enjoyed the day. We were met with a rainstorm around 1pm. It cleared out fairly quickly as seems to be the norm with that area.
That evening we sat around the campfire for a while enjoying the warmth and talking about the great day of climbing. It was good fun..The next day brought the cleanup effort. Cleaning routes, and breaking camp. When I left I opted to stop at Brian Head peak, and get it knocked out real quick. It’s only about a 100 foot walk to the top from the parking area so it wasn’t too strenuous. I spent a few minutes taking pictures then went back down. Passing some deer on the way.
The trip was very enjoyable and I highly recommend the area for climbing and hiking.
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