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DescriptionEcho Cove is a very popular area with a great selection of single pitch routes on mostly good rock with little to no approach. The various wall allow one to climb here throughout the seasons and at various times of the day. Getting TherePark in any of several spots depending upon where you'll be climbing or how crowded it is. The choices are the small turnout near the entrance to Echo Cove proper near Big Moe, the small lot in front of C.S. Special and the large gravel lot just to the south. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Echo Cove:
W. A. C. 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet Echo Cove - North Side
Fun Stuff 5.8 Trad, 60 feet Echo Cove - North Side
R.M.L. 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch, 40 feet Echo Cove - South Face
Boulder Dash 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Echo Cove - South Side
Sitting Here in Limbo 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Echo Cove - South Face
Death On The Nile 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Echo Cove - South Side
Effigy Too 5.10a/b Trad, 1 pitch, 40 feet Echo Cove - East Side
C.S. Special 5.10b Trad, 1 pitch, 40 feet Echo Cove - South Face
Ocean Of Night (aka Out To Grunge) 5.10c Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Echo Cove - South Side
Big Moe 5.11a/b R Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Echo Cove - South Side
Featured Route For Echo Cove
 This excellent route is located on your right (south) as you walk into the Cove from the parking area. It takes a fairly direct line about 25 feet right of the large right-facing dihedral on the upper portion of the wall (Boulder Dash, 5.9*). The climb name is "short" for big dynamo or "mo", the technique used by the first ascent party to solve the crux move down low. Though this move is now commonly done statically, shorter people o...[more] Browse More Classics in CA
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