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The Hand Rock Climbing

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Routes in The Hand

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	Burnette Bolt Variation T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Love Line S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Salathe Route T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R
	Wilts Bolt Variation T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R

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Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Closures Details

Always check this web page before you visit for current conditions and nesting closures:

Current Raptor Advisories for Pinnacles National Park nps.gov/pinn/planyourvisit/…
and
pinnacles.org/climbing_info…
Closures effective as of the day after Martin Luther King Day- July 3. Check closure website for details on closed areas.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Condors have been establishing nests at the Pinnacles National Monument. Since condors develop to fledgling more slowly than raptors and vultures closures due to condor nesting is extended past the usual Martin Luther King Day to July 3rd. Again, please check the "Current Raptor Advisory" section of the NPS website and/or the Friends of Pinnacles website for current closures.

As of July 2024 there are three active Condor nests at Pinnacles National Park.

The Machete Ridge area is closed from Pigeon Crack on west face then west around the south side to The Hideout including the popular Old Original.

All climbing routes at Crowley Towers are closed.

All routes on the Yaks and Yaks Wall plus Marauder.

Description

Super secluded. Its the Pinnacles, so the rock is always questionable. Some of the routes are better than others rock quality wise, but the routes themselves are super fun.

Some of the most historic routes in the history of climbing at the Pinnacles are found here from the ground breaking Salathe Route to the visionary Love Line.

Getting There

From the reservoir head south on the Chalone Peak Trail for about 1/4 mile until you reach the western edge of the reservoir. Follow a climber's trail(carabiner trail marker) which skirts the western shores of the reservoir. Shortly past that, find a faint trail which heads north and up a short slope to connect to an old road bed. Follow the road bed for about 1/3 mile until you are just across from the last big formation you can see on the hillside to your left. This is the Hand/Thumb formation. A faint trail follows the drainage to the base of the rock.