Home - Destinations - People - Partners - Forum - Photos - What's New
 ADVANCED
Tollhouse Rock
Show routes:
Select route...
Cuticle Corner 
Elephant Walk 
Free and Easy 
Friday the 13th 
Old Fart's Edge 
Platinum Plus 
Think Nothing Of It 
Tollhouse Traverse 
Uncorner, The 
Wandering Taoist 
Wish Sandwich 

Tollhouse Traverse 

5.5

   

FA: 
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.5 [details]
Length: 4 pitches, 600 feet, Grade II
Views: 569 page views

Submitted By: Dave Loring on Jan 29, 2006


Add Photo  Add Comment 

You and this route  |  Other Opinions (5)
Your todo list:
Your stars:
Your rating: -none- [change]
Your ticklist: [add new tick]
 Printer Friendly View

The third pitch, starting the 5.7 bolted slab opti...


Description 

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 choose to climb bolted slab, the right-leaning dihedral, or climb over the dihedral to slab. The final pitch is 3rd-4th class.


Protection 

One set of cams to 4", one-two sets of nuts. The occassional bolt.



Add Photo Photos of Tollhouse Traverse
Brian B about halfway up on the first pitch of the Tollhouse Traverse.

Brian B about halfway up on the first pitch of the...

Tom Slater and Brian Utterback on the T.T.<br />

Tom Slater and Brian Utterback on the T.T.


Tollhouse Traverse (5.5) and 5.7 option. Lots of protection and even (GASP!) bolts next to the crack if you're having trouble with the trad pro. Perhaps the best 5.5 in the country.

BETA PHOTO: Tollhouse Traverse (5.5) and 5.7 option. Lots of p...


Add Comment Comments on Tollhouse Traverse
Show which comments
By Mike Morley
Administrator
From: Oakland, CA
Jan 31, 2006

An undeniable classic for the grade. If I'm remembering correctly, it's been climbed in roller skates!

By Brian Borowicz
From: Visalia, CA
Feb 1, 2006

If your in the area this is a must do route!

By Slater
Feb 15, 2006

An awesome route, with two fun options to finish with: A Nutcracker-style mantel, or a classic book. Both finish at the same anchors.

By Wade Griffith
Apr 19, 2006

Somebody supposedly lead it on rollerskates while the follower did it in X-country skis. We used to chain up at least 15 to 20 people in a mass simulclimb assault when the Tollhouse Face Off was still happenin in the 90's. Whatever happened to the Face Off? Any other local climbing gatherings still happenin in the area?