Access Issue: Closed to climbing.
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Cave Rock State Park, located on The East Shore of Lake Tahoe, Nevada, is home to Cave Rock. Tessie, The Loch Tahoe Monster is said to live in the lake near-by. I've never seen her. There was a climb named after her.
The rock is sacred to The Washoe Tribe, as legend has it The Washoe people would bury their dead in the lake below. A battle was also fought here between Washoe and Piute over hunting grounds and such.
People scrambled around here for years, two tunnels were blasted through the rock for Highway 50 to pass through, some routes were done, a lot of beer was drank and bottles were broken. A lot of garbage was left behind, but the rock was mostly ignored until the 1987, when Tahoe locals discovered the true potential of the crag. The climbers came and cleaned up the area and began to bolt up new routes of high quality.
Development started in the Kona Wall area and the Lower Cave area. A few routes were added on The West Face above the old highway. Development started in The Main Cave in 1989.
The Washoe people decided that the tunnels were okay and also the hiking trail to the top, but rock climbing is unacceptable. Cave Rock is now closed to rock climbing and the bolts have been removed. Do not try to climb there. This is posted only for historical significance.
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hmmm... i would have thought the people groping/ loving the rock itself were the MOST pious... some d-bag can drive a land rover through a tunnel that was blasted with dynamite and paved but you can't take your shirt off and clip some bolts? i smell b.s. on the wind from the north Dec 12, 2012
Sadly closed, bolts removed, now sets stagnant. MOST of the Washoe tribe had thought the clean up and "patio" creation By Dano was a GOOD thing. Only a few elders were the issue.
Yet another issue was that the tribe SOLD the rock to NDOT so they could blast the highway through it. NDOT refused to enter the frey. I had previously along with help from others , revmoved all the climbs that could be seen or were above the highway lanes as requested by NDOT before the closing . That was to keep the cave open to climbing. Which id did for several months until the USFS case began. Lot of effort, fell to deaf ears. Everyone lost out.
Sep 22, 2013
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Wonder if the thin walk around (lake side) is still there as it was in 99? Jan 19, 2014
Tennessee