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Onoclea

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Description

This rock is on the north side of Fern Canyon, immediately north of Pellaea. Pellaea and Onoclea appear to be the same rock from many vantage points.

Getting There

Leave the Fern Canyon trail in the same place as the approach to Pellaea (at present there is a wildlife closure sign and large mass of branches blocking the way where you turn off). Head up the easy gully east of Pellaea about scramble up this gully about 300 feet (watch for poison ivy).

Routes from Left to Right

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b V-easy 3
 1
● West Face, Onoclea
Trad, TR, Boulder
5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
 22
● East Face/Onoclea
Trad
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● West Face, Onoclea
 1
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b V-easy 3 Trad, TR, Boulder
● East Face/Onoclea
 22
5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a Trad

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From The Slab, 4/11/02.
[Hide Photo] From The Slab, 4/11/02.
Onoclea is the large and more Northwardly of the twin spires, appeasring as shown here as pprached from the gully east of this ridge. Photo by Tony Bubb, 2004.
[Hide Photo] Onoclea is the large and more Northwardly of the twin spires, appeasring as shown here as pprached from the gully east of this ridge. Photo by Tony Bubb, 2004.

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Mike Sofranko
[Hide Comment] As George pointed out elsewhere... Like Pellaea, this odd word is also a species of fern. Sep 4, 2001
Tom Wilson
[Hide Comment] Some guidebooks describe this as 4 pitches.With a 50M rope it is no more than three pitches, two short and one long. It goes nicely in 2 long pitches with a 60M rope.

Carry your boots on this one. The pine-needle-carpeted descent route is no fun in rock shoes. Aug 15, 2002