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Submitted By: Marc Kajut on Jan 25, 2006
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Description 

Mission Gorge is located in the Mission Trails Regional Park - http://www.mtrp.org. Routes include traditional, sport, and a few clean aid lines.


Getting There 

From Interstate 8 - Take 8 to the Mission Gorge/Fairmount exit. Turn north onto Mission Gorge Road. Continue down Mission Gorge Road for approximately 4 miles. Look for the large wooden park sign on Mission Gorge Road. Turn left onto Father Junipero Serra Trail. Park along the road prior to the gates, or in the dirt parking lots next to the visitors center. The climbers loop trails are on the right side about 0.4 miles down Father Junipero Serra Trail as marked by kiosks.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Mission Gorge:
The Ramp   5.7     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Lunch Rock
The Tower   5.7     Sport, 50 feet   Limbo Area
Skyline Arete   5.7+     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Lunch Rock
Crack of Dust   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 30 feet   Main Wall
Shadowfax   5.8     Trad, TR, 40 feet   Middle Earth
As the Crow Flies   5.8     Sport, 45 feet   Limbo Area
Mission Control   5.8     Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Lunch Rock
Turkey Chute   5.8     Trad, 45 feet   Limbo Area
Sam I Am   5.8     Sport, 1 pitch, 30 feet   Middle Earth
Mission Gorge Traverse   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Main Wall
Craig's Crack   5.8     Trad, 35 feet   Limbo Area
Suzie's Wild Ride   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   Main Wall
Apostrophe   5.9     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 45 feet   Limbo Area
Gallwas Crack   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Main Wall
Mariah   5.9+     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Main Wall
Monkey Dance   5.10b     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Limbo Area
Lord of the Rings   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 25 feet   Middle Earth
Escapade   5.11a     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 80 feet   Main Wall
Orange Sunshine   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Middle Earth
Black Rider   5.11b     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 30 feet   Middle Earth
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Featured Route For Mission Gorge
Craig's Crack - Mission Gorge

Craig's Crack 5.8  CA : San Diego County : ... : Limbo Area
Probably the most jammable crack at The Gorge. Great hand jams on sticky rock all the way up. The top gets a little wide, but not too bad. I would liken it to an easier version of The Robbins Crack. It is slightly longer than Robbins too! Would be an area gang-roped classic if its location were more obvious.There are at least two other climbs on the same rope for a TR. Make sure your rope does not get pinched in the top of the crack like an...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA


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Climber's Loop kiosk trail photo.

BETA PHOTO: Climber's Loop kiosk trail photo.

Recently upgraded Mission Gorge climbs. The quality ranged from deteriorating to downright dangerous. Being older, most of these are the original climbs people were having fun on back in the day. Go get back on these lost treasures!

BETA PHOTO: Recently upgraded Mission Gorge climbs. The quali...

Old school Mission Gorge bolts.

Old school Mission Gorge bolts.

5.easy chimney on far left side of Main Wall

5.easy chimney on far left side of Main Wall


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By Ladd Raine
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From: Plymouth, NH
Apr 21, 2007

Rock here is so slick, footwork is ultra-important

By mschlocker
From: San Diego, CA
Dec 16, 2009

This is my favorite place to climb in San Diego and the only sane option within the county for hot summer months due to the northwest orientation. Show up early and head home when the mid-day sun hits.

Mission Gorge has a high concentration of quality climbs. I can't think of another cragging location in San Diego where you can knock off so many routes in a day. My personal record is 24, each of us leading half the routes. For real though, 10 routes from gate opening at 8am to lunchtime is standard operating procedure.