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Ben Gunn Rock Climbing
| Elevation: | 3,152 ft |
| GPS: | 38.651, -122.612 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
| Page Views: | 1,256 total · 9/month |
| Shared By: | Jerry Dodrill on Apr 30, 2007 |
| Admins: | Aron Quiter, M. Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer suchoski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
Access Issue: Mt. St. Helena Crags - Fire Damage from Fall 2017
Details
PLEASE AVOID ST. HELENA FOR NOW. THE RECENT FIRES HAVE DECIMATED THE ROCK AND POTENTIALLY THE BOLTS. (10/23/17)
See the Robert Louis Stevenson State Park website at parks.ca.gov/?page_id=472 for current park closure information, or the MP forum discussion mountainproject.com/forum/t… for the latest on climbing impacts.
See the Robert Louis Stevenson State Park website at parks.ca.gov/?page_id=472 for current park closure information, or the MP forum discussion mountainproject.com/forum/t… for the latest on climbing impacts.
Description
Two sport routes here. The left is "Billy Bones" the right one is "Ben Gunn."
(Billy Bones and Ben Gunn were characters in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island")
(Billy Bones and Ben Gunn were characters in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island")
Getting There
See Overview map. Either approach from Thagomizer cliff, above, or a vague game trail from directly beneath the routes. You can see the crag from the road, it has clean, light colored rock with oak trees growing above it along the visible sky line. (Bigger than it looks from below.)
GPS: N38.39.085 W122.36.710
GPS: N38.39.085 W122.36.710
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