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Closed to climbing. MORE INFO >>> Closed to climbing. Bolts have been removed. Don't even boulder in the area. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Dan Osman catching big air.
Photo by Blitzo.

Description 

This is the cave located between the two Highway 50 tunnels. This cave had the highest concentration of extremely steep, difficult routes in the Tahoe area at the time. Dan Osman put in a stone floor and cleaned the place up, moving rocks to make belay seats and just making it a nicer enviorment than before. This was a bad thing in the eyes of The Washoe People and soon led to the closeure.
Dano was praised by climbers for his efforts.
The first routes were done here in 1989, with the ascents of "Pigeon Hole" (5.12b), "Pipeline" (5.12b), and "Underground" (5.12a). !990 and 1991 saw an explosion of new activity with the addition of "Tahiti" (5.11d), "Port of Entry" (5.12a), "Cave Man" (5.12a), "Cave Man Direct" (5.13a), "Psycho Monkey" (5.13b), "Phantom Lord" (5.13c/d), "Shut up and Climb" (5.12d), "Pumping Andesite" (5.13a), "Concave" (5.12d), "Asylum" (5.12a), "Bone Crusher" (5.12c), "Coppertone" (5.12a/b), "Sea and Ski" (5.12a/b), "Slayer" (5.13d), "Trash Dog" (5.11c/d), "Fiji" (5.12b/c), "Bat out of Hell" (5.12b) and "Fire in the Hole" (5.12b).
The bolts are now gone. An era of exploration, erased!

Getting There 

From Stateline/South Shore, take Highway 50 north, past Zeypher Cove. After a few miles Cave Rock will come into view. Shortly before the rock itself will be State Park parking on the left. A fee is charged.

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Paul Grawford and Dan Osman at The Main Cave. Phot...

Main Cave 1990, before the floor. Photo by Blitzo.