Bouldering near Price

Last weekend was fall break and we decided to head out to Price to do a little bouldering. It's a new sport to us but our expert son told us about The Mountain Project app to help us find places to boulder. He also borrowed his friend's crash pad and loaned us climbing shoes to make it a little less dangerous. Turns out it's still kind of dangerous.

The first place we went was in the "Price Recreation Area" which is right off the highway shortly before you arrive in Price. I actually stayed in the car to read my book and feel warm while the rest of the family hiked around looking for the boulder called "Baby's Got Biceps". It was a fairly easy climb which Susanna and Talmage did. When they came back, I got out and Scott and I hiked around a little. It was a beautiful setting.

That night and the next morning we enjoyed swimming at the hotel in Price and by we, I mean my children. I'm not a big fan of indoor swimming and my husband was still recovering from surgery and wasn't supposed to be submerged.

After some breakfast and lounging around, we headed southeast of Price past Elmo, Utah to find an area called "Land of 1000 Boulders". It was out in the middle of nowhere. We saw only 1-2 cars on the road there and back and no people in the area where we climbed.

There were a few scary moments when we realized how completely inadequate the crash pad would be if someone fell. Fortunately our only near-miss was when Susanna almost fell at one point but ended up just scraping her hand as she hung on by her fingertips.

After some climbing, we looked for the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry which was out the same direction but we gave up because of time constraints. It was a fun outing. I enjoyed seeing a new area of the world with so few people and helping my children try out a new activity.

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