During spring break I headed down to Bishop to boulder for a week with a couple of friends and climb Mt. Tom if weather permitted. We were lucky enough to get a nice day on Mt. Tom and plenty of climbing days.

Bishop is an incredible place. It's located in the Owens Valley in eastern California, the farthest West basin and range graben. It's bounded on the West by the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada block and on the East by the Inyo Mountains and the White Mountains.

It's home to world class bouldering and sport climbing as well as easy access to High Sierra alpine climbing and mountaineering. The rock ranges from Sierra granite to various units of the Bishop Tuff.

Anyway, enough geeking out. Here are a few pictures from the trip!

Weird hills near Susanville, CA

“Gorgeous” (5.10b)

Donner Lake from The Peanut Gallery

Meaghan on Bolt Run, 5.10d

Win awkwardly clambering out of “The Womb” in the Buttermilks

Meaghan climbing back in to “The Womb”

Happies boulding

Cold Dylan at first light on Four Gables, near Horton Lake

Mid-slog

Talus field on Mt Tom

Basin Mountain, Mt Humphreys and Four Gables from Mt Tom

View from 12,400 ft. (NorthWest from Mt. Tom, CA)

On the upper talus field of Mt. Tom

Afternoon light on Four Gables from Horton Lake

Massive lenticular cloud over Owens Valley + The Pit campground after windstorm