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Description3.5 miles up hill from woodfords intersection, and .9 of a mile below the hope valley store is the Apron, a visable crag that sets 200 feet or so off the highway on the north side of the canyon. One of the first crags to see activity as it was the closest and most obvious of the roadway crags. Granite varies from grainy to excellent. Cracker cliff is just up to the north behind the apron, and the large boulder in the trees to the west is "henrys Unit" with several problems. There are a mix of trad and sport routes between cracker and the Apron. Getting ThereDrive up hill from woodfords intersection for 3.5 mils, park in a small pull out on the right ,, below the crag, approach takes a couple of minutes.. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for the APRON:
Freezer box 5.9- Trad, 1 pitch, 75 feet
"woodthin" 5.10c Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet
West wall route 5.11a/b Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet
Featured Route For the APRON
On the left side of the west face of the Apron near low angle slabs is a dirty slot that leads up passing a bulge at 100', then a little higher to 4th class ledges and a walk off to the north....[more] Browse More Classics in CA |