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Gibraltar Area

Submitted By: EricT on Jan 31, 2006
Administrators: M Morley, andy patterson
Elevation: 3,000 feet
Latitude: 34.4783  Longitude: -119.6800 
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BETA PHOTO: Some of the lesser (or better..?) crags around the...


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Gibraltar has a collection of ~5 sandstone crags that are generally south facing single pitch affairs. Popular with climbers and teenagers alike, the combined crags have some of the best climbing in SB. While the easier routes on the main Gibraltar rock may be gang toproped over the weekend, there just aren't that many climbers in SB to make any area crowded.


Getting There 

Head up Gibraltar road ~15 minutes to the obvious collection of cliffs.

Gibraltar road may be reached by heading up Mission to the 192, E on the 192 to the sewage treatment plant, and then up the hillside from there.



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Turning lip to gain the horizontally traversing crack...

T-Crack 5.10  CA : Central Coast : ... : Gibraltar - Main
Good jams to a angry mantel. Pro is at one's feet for the mantel, making it a spicy lead. Approach from above, nothing to be gained by scrambling around the base. Once on top, walk across the top to the west and then down a few feet to a ledge.Mid way down on the east side is a nice ledge for abusing the climber by throwing stones or taking pictures. ...[more]


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Santa Barbara, the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islands, from above Gibralter Area.

Santa Barbara, the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islan...

A climber hangs off the top of T-Crack, at Gibraltar Rock, as he belays his second.

A climber hangs off the top of T-Crack, at Gibralt...

A Santa Barbara classic - T-Crack at Gibraltar

A Santa Barbara classic - T-Crack at Gibraltar

Santa Barbara has a little something for everyone...here a climber performs a rare solo-aid ascent of the Nose at Gibraltar Rock.

Santa Barbara has a little something for everyone....

The Jesusita Fire brought destruction to Upper Rattlesnake Canyon and to the Gibraltar climbing area. All of the individual crags were affected. Lower Gibraltar, Toxic Waste Wall, and Upper Gibraltar seem to be the hardest hit. To view more images, click <a href=here" />

The Jesusita Fire brought destruction to Upper Rat...


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By Matthew Fienup
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From: Ventura, CA
Oct 9, 2007

Detailed Directions:
From the Mission, drive 1/2 block north towards the mountains. Turn right onto Mountain Drive. After 100 yards, you will encounter a yield sign at an unusual serpentine intersection--continue straight-ish through the intersection on Mountain Drive and follow twists and turns for 1 mile. Turn left on Mountain Drive in front of the green municipal water building. After about 1/4 mile, where the road curves left, take a soft right onto Gibraltar Road (be careful not to take a hard right onto Mountain Avenue). After 1/3 mile you will reach a stop sign. Continue straight through the intersection and follow Gibraltar Road as it winds for 4.4 miles up the hill to the site.

By veedublvr
From: ?, Ca
Mar 29, 2009

The Municipal Water building is no longer green, it is white... It looks like a castle kinda with no windows. As of 3-28-09 there is a road closed sign (probably due to the fire that recently swept through the area) on Gibraltar Rd, however the road is open all the way to the top.

By Matthew Fienup
Administrator
From: Ventura, CA
May 26, 2009

Gibraltar Road is now open, following the devastation of the Jesusita Fire. Every crag in the Gibraltar Area (including Cold Springs Dome) was seriously affected. For a gallery of images of the various crags and the effects of the fire, click here