Hey chaps. Simple question…hopefully some simple answers 😉
Where are the best places around Perth (aka places no more than and hour or two away) to climb during winter when we don’t get too many sunny days in a row? Which crags and quarries drain off and dry off the best? With a few days of questionable weather being forecasted ahead it just made me think about what to do come the winter months.
Jay’s right, and out of his choices Toodyay Boulders is the best. Not only it dries the fastest as on top of exposed hill but if the weather turns nasty you are back in car in 10min. Plus the main boulders have a built in rain shelter.
Besides Toodyay any other granite boulder with no runoff on top. But avoid “soft granite” (Avon Valley NP, Bald Hill), it gets water soaked and crumbly….funnily enough….
Another question: How well does Stathams do post-rain. Looks like it cops a lot of light and has not much above each climb to leak water for days on end.
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