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Memorial Wall Rock Climbing

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Routes in Memorial Wall

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	BMW Traverse V3 6A
	Community Chest S 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Covid OPs S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a X
	Kirk Arens Arête S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	On Demand S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Pandemic 2020 S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Quirky S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Short Term Memory S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Sneaky S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b

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Elevation:	819 ft	250 m
GPS:	38.91572, -121.01465 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Access Issue: The State Rec Area closes at dusk - most parking areas are self-paid Details

Most of Auburn SRA is open from 7 am to sunset. Leave early enough to be off the trails before dusk. Most parking requires self registration fees in cash envelopes (or annual state park passes), and is enthusiastically enforced. Check the Auburn State Recreation Area website at parks.ca.gov/?page_id=502 for current information. Note that the park's policy is that technical roped climbing is only permitted in the Cave Valley/Quarry area - outside the fenced private quarry at the back. Unroped climbing - aka bouldering or DWS - is allowed everywhere with a safe landing.

Description

This wall contains the shortest routes in the Auburn Cliffs area, but each route holds it's own. 5 Sport routes presently range from 5.6 to 5.11b, most in the middle.

This rock is named for Kirk Arens, a climber who once frequented the area, whose plaque once adorned the rock. The plaque has since been removed, but his legacy lives on.

The rock will be of a different type of limestone than many of the other cliffs, and somewhat resembles granite in feel. The climbing is primarily near vertical to vertical. Many of the easier routes are sustained, and make for excellent climbing once you've warmed up on the simpler routes of the scale wall across the way.

This wall sees shade in the afternoon, and is a great refuge from the blistering hot red rock of the scale wall.

Getting There

Estimated time from the parking lot: 20 minutes.

From the entrance to the Auburn cliffs valley, this is the darker colored rock immediately to the right.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Memorial Wall

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V3 6A 7 ● BMW Traverse Boulder
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 136 ● Short Term Memory Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 123 ● Sneaky Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 50 ● On Demand Sport