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Right of the Roof

Submitted By: C Miller on Jan 2, 2007
Administrators: C Miller, Euan Cameron
Elevation: 1,000 feet
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Cambria Ortega on the popular Tangerine Dream (5.1...


Description 

Located between the Roof Area on the left and the Slander Sector on the right is this highly popular section of the Quarry, and justifiably so, with it's wealth of quality routes from 5.9 to 5.13b that range in length from short (6 bolts) to much lengthier affairs with up to 19 bolts. It's notable that this another area with a high concentration of routes 5.10 and under.

Some of the popular routes here include Minimizer (5.10a), Whammy (5.10a), Wonderstuff (5.10c), Conundrum (5.10d), Tangerine Dream (5.11a), Double Whammy (5.11b), Redrum (5.11c), Maximizer (5.11d), Survival of the Fittest (5.12a), Technicolor Tango (5.12c), The Shining (5.12c), La Bella Donna (5.12c), Vertigo (5.12d), Consumption (5.13b) and Weight of the World (5.13b).


Getting There 

Approach directly from below via a good trail which comes in just near the route Tangerine Dream or traverse along the base from either side.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Right of the Roof:
Minimizer   5.10a     Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet   
Grooverider   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Wonderstuff   5.10c     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Conundrum   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet   
Ground Zero   5.10d     Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet   
Tangerine Dream   5.11a     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   
Double Whammy   5.11a/b     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Redrum   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
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Photos of Right of the Roof Slideshow Add Photo
This is the area right of the roof

BETA PHOTO: This is the area right of the roof

Beginning the crux sequence of Whammy (5.10b), Riverside Quarry.

Beginning the crux sequence of Whammy (5.10b), Riv...

Approaching the overlap on Ground Zero.

Approaching the overlap on Ground Zero.

Riverside Quarry overview showing the various sectors (double click for better viewing).

BETA PHOTO: Riverside Quarry overview showing the various sect...

Chris makes the clip

Chris makes the clip

It's a gym out there! Climbers on Ground Zero (5.10d), Whammy (5.10a) and Wonderstuff (5.10c).

It's a gym out there! Climbers on Ground Zero (5.1...

Climbers on Emphysema (5.10b) and Ground Zero (5.10d), Right of the Roof Area

Climbers on Emphysema (5.10b) and Ground Zero (5.1...

Chia (Salvia columbariae) along the trail, Riverside Quarry.

Chia (Salvia columbariae) along the trail, Riversi...