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Classic Climbs for California



Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for California.
 
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The Top 50 Classics for California


Name Rating Type Location

Midnight Lightning

V8

Boulder

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Camp 4 Bouldering

Southeast Buttress

5.6

Trad, Alpine, 5 pitches, 700 feet, Grade II

Yosemite National Park : Tuolumne Meadows : Cathedral Peak

SW Corner

5.6

Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Sheep Pass Area : ... : Headstone Rock

East Buttress

5.7

Trad, Alpine, 11 pitches, 1000 feet, Grade III

High Sierra : Mt. Whitney

Snake Dike

5.7 R

Trad, 8 pitches, 2000 feet, Grade III

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Half Dome

Fingertrip

5.7

Trad, 4 pitches, 400 feet

Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks : Tahquitz Rock : ... : West Face - Right Side

Bear's Reach

5.7

Trad, 3 pitches, 400 feet

Tahoe Vicinity : Lover's Leap : East Wall

Corrugation Corner

5.7

Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet

Tahoe Vicinity : Lover's Leap : Main Wall

Double Cross

5.7+

Trad, 1 pitch, 95 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Hidden Valley Campground : ... : The Old Woman - West Face

Sail Away

5.8-

Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Real Hidden Valley : Hidden Tower

South Face

5.8

Trad, Alpine, 12 pitches, 1500 feet, Grade III

High Sierra : Charlotte Dome

Nutcracker

5.8

Trad, 5 pitches, 500 feet

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Manure Pile Buttress (aka R...

Open Book

5.9

Trad, 3 pitches, 490 feet

Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks : Tahquitz Rock : ... : Open Book Area

Mithril Dihedral

5.9

Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, 500 feet, Grade III

High Sierra : Mt. Russell

Whodunit

5.9

Trad, 8 pitches, 800 feet

Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks : Tahquitz Rock : Northwest Recess

Touch And Go

5.9

Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Echo Rock Area : Touch And Go Face

Central Pillar of Frenzy

5.9

Trad, 5 pitches

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Middle Cathedral Rock

Pope's Crack

5.9

Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Echo Rock Area : ... : Echo Rock - South Face

Flower of High Rank

5.9

Trad, 1 pitch, 160 feet

Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks : Suicide Rock : Northeast Wall Routes

The Line

5.9

Trad, 3 pitches, 400 feet

Tahoe Vicinity : Lover's Leap : East Wall

Regular Route

5.9

Trad, 12 pitches, 1000 feet, Grade III

Yosemite National Park : Tuolumne Meadows : Fairview Dome

The Nose

5.9 C2

Trad, Aid, Grade VI

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : El Capitan

Salathe Wall

5.9 C2 R

Trad, Aid, 35 pitches, 3500 feet, Grade VI

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : El Capitan

Igor Unchained

5.9+

Trad, 3 pitches

The Needles / Kern River : The Needles : The Witch

Reed's Pinnacle-Direct Route

5.10a

Trad

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Reed's Pinnacle Area

Bird of Fire

5.10a

Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Split Rocks : Isles In The Sky

Steck-Salathe

5.10-

Trad, 15 pitches

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Sentinel Rock

Royal Arches

5.10a/b

Trad, 15 pitches

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Royal Arches

Sons of Yesterday

5.10a/b

Trad, 6 pitches

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Royal Arches

Figures on A Landscape (aka Monkey on My Back)

5.10b R

Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Wonderland of Rocks : Astro Dome - North

East Buttress

5.10b

Trad, 9 pitches, 1200 feet

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : El Capitan

Thin Ice

5.10b

Trad, 3 pitches

The Needles / Kern River : The Needles : The Sorcerer

Illusion Dweller

5.10b

Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Real Hidden Valley : The Sentinel

Airy Interlude

5.10b

Trad, 3 pitches

The Needles / Kern River : The Needles : The Witch

Red Dihedral (aka "Yggdrasil")

5.10

Trad, Alpine, 12 pitches, 1500 feet, Grade IV

High Sierra : Incredible Hulk

Rubicon

5.10c

Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Split Rocks : Rubicon Formation

East Buttress

5.10c

Trad, 11 pitches, 1100 feet, Grade IV

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Middle Cathedral Rock

O'Kelley's Crack

5.10c

Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Echo Rock Area : Rusty Wall

Serenity Crack

5.10d PG13

Trad, 3 pitches

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Royal Arches

The Vampire

5.11a

Trad, 4 pitches, 400 feet

Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks : Tahquitz Rock : ... : Upper Bulge Routes

Positive Vibrations

5.11a

Trad, Alpine, 12 pitches, 1200 feet, Grade IV

High Sierra : Incredible Hulk

Coarse and Buggy

5.11a/b

Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Roadside Rocks : Dihedral Rock

Insomnia

5.11b

Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet

Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks : Suicide Rock : Buttress of Cracks

Astroman

5.11c

Trad, 10 pitches, 1000 feet, Grade IV

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Washington Column

The North Face

5.11c

Trad, 8 pitches

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : The Rostrum

Atlantis

5.11+ PG13

Trad, 4 pitches

The Needles / Kern River : The Needles : The Sorcerer

Separate Reality

5.12a

Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Wildcat Falls & Above the C...

Leave It To Beaver (aka The Beaver)

5.12a

Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Real Hidden Valley : ... : Sports Challenge Rock-East ...

Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome

5.12a/b

Trad, 23 pitches, 2200 feet, Grade VI

Yosemite National Park : Yosemite Valley : Half Dome

Equinox

5.12c

Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet

Joshua Tree National Park : Geology Tour Road : ... : Jerry's Quarry