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The Ruins

Submitted By: Brian B Weinstein on Mar 24, 2005
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Description 

This south facing rock makes a nice outing during the winter and has some nice variety of both grade and type (trad and sport, 5.8-5.12). Note that some of the routes need two ropes. Some nice ones here include "One Green Spot" (5.9+ sport), "Parallel Ventures" (5.10b bolts/small gear), and "Crooked Sky" (5.10d face/gear).


Getting There 

Park in the lot at milepoint 4.7 and take the steep trail which starts at the north end and follows over the east ridge. Once atop the ridge and just past a fence the trail will continue down to the rock.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Ruins:
One Green Spot   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch   
Techno Savage   5.10-     Sport   
The Relic   5.10     Trad, 1 pitch, 45 feet   
Medicine Bag   5.10     Sport, 1 pitch   
Crooked Sky   5.10b/c     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Black Feather   5.10+     Sport, 1 pitch   
Duh Bulge   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch   
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Photos of The Ruins Slideshow Add Photo
After blowing the onsight on this route (Primal Sledge) about a year earlier, I took the opportunity to check it out while rapping down "Home on the Range"..And thankfully got the redpoint a few minutes later..Love the snow near Helen's Dome in the background..

After blowing the onsight on this route (Primal Sl...

5.8 gear climb, ez and fun.

5.8 gear climb, ez and fun.

Ryan Suedkamp climbing at the Ruins.

Ryan Suedkamp climbing at the Ruins.


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By Eric Rhicard
Apr 13, 2006

A great winter crag with a pulse raising approach.

By Christian
From: Tucson, Az
Jan 7, 2007

This lot is below the fee area, so if you have a choice of which car to drive up to this lot, take the crappiest one you can.

I've driven my cracked-windshield older truck up there plenty of times, but when we took my wife's brand-new car somebody decided to take a handful of gravel and throw it at the windshield while we were out of sight.