Groundhog Day Predicts Early Rock Season
The results are in and for the 21st time ever, it seems the forecast from Punxsutawney Phil is for an early spring
Punxsutawney Phil delivered the annual late-winter forecast with thousands of people watching at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. To many onlooker’s surprise, the groundhog predicted an early spring when he did not see his shadow. As the legend goes, if Phil sees his shadow, he considers it an “omen” of six more weeks of bad weather and heads back into his hole.
While Phil doesn’t always get the forecast right, many rock climbers are hoping this year is an exception so they can start their projecting early. This marks the first time since 2020 the groundhog predicted an early spring, and only the 21st time since records were kept.
Of course, up until this week, much of North America has benefited from a warm few weeks with rock climbers getting out a popular climbing areas, including Red Rocks, Hueco Tanks and even in the Canadian Rockies.
Keep an eye on the forecast and have your gear ready for an early spring.
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