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 Print a Mini-Guide - Includes Routes!
DescriptionThe main wall of Tollhouse Rock holds slab routes and a couple classic cracks up to four pitches in length. It gets stellar winter sun, and is a great fall - spring weekend destination. Face climbs tend to be run out. Some folks have said that ratings are sandbagged. Judge for yourself - they tend to be graded a little harder than most places I've climbed in Colorado. Getting ThereFrom the top of the 4WD road, head down the slab approach gully and cut right underneath the sport slab, following a faint trail through the manzanita. Staying close to the wall, routes will appear on the right. Tollhouse Traverse is the obvious left-trending wide crack starting about half way across the face, and is a good landmark for other routes. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Tollhouse Rock:
Tollhouse Traverse 5.5 Trad, 4 pitches, 600 feet, Grade II
Elephant Walk 5.7 Trad, 1 pitch, 180 feet
Wandering Taoist 5.9 Trad, Sport, 4 pitches, 350 feet
Featured Route For Tollhouse Rock
 From the parking area at the top of the Sunday slabs, descend the trail to the bottom of the Sunday/Saturday slabs, and hike west about 300 yards below the face below and past an obvious half-circle shaped flake. A left leaning flake, 200 feet high is the start for a number of routes. The Tollhouse Traverse is the large left-leaning groove/crack system on the left side of this flack. Follow it for two and a half pitches (bolted belays), then c...[more] Browse More Classics in CA
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