My brother Doug Odenthal at the Kernville slabs in...
Description
Beautiful slabby granite that can be climbed all year long. Definitely need good rubber for alot of the climbs. Many spots overlook the Kern River, which provides a great post-climb dip!
Getting There
From Kernville take the Upper Kern River Road just under 5 miles. You will see the slabs uphill, to the East. If you hit Dome Rock (large dome-ish granite outcrop) you have gone too far, although there are fun climbs on Dome Rock.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Kernville Rock (a.k.a. Kern Slabs):
Follow the left-facing dihedralP1-Finger sized crack up past small bush/treeBelay at the notch with the perpendicular crack (there is a lot of debris from old gear and such)P2-Continue up dihedral to ledgeFinish up right to a bolted belay or go left to a wierd undercling (protectable) and go past a tie off knob to a belay station on top. This climb is in the "Needles" guidebook by Greg Vernon...[more]Browse More Classics in CA
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By Matthew Fienup Administrator From: Ventura, CA Oct 16, 2009 CONDITION REPORT
A friend of mine lost a camera here, on Monday, October 12. Although the camera probably did not survive the heavy rainfall of October 13 & 14, the hope is that the memory card survived.
If you happen to find the camera, please contact me. Thank you.
By Matthew Fienup Administrator From: Ventura, CA Oct 14, 2009
To be even more specific: park on the east side of the road, in the turnout just below the southern flank of the crag (70 yards down the road from a point below the center of the crag). A well developed climbers trail starts in this turnout and diagonals upward to the center of the crag.
Directly below the center of the dome is a boulder-filled gully that uninitiated climbers (like us, last week) clearly use to access the crag. The gully is no fun.
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