First Cave Rock Climbing
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Elevation: | 108 ft | 33 m |
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25.1091, 121.9222 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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Shared By: | Nate Ball on Aug 23, 2012 | |
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Description
As you walk south around the long arm of the Grand Auditorium, known as Dragon Ridge, you will see a huge arch over a shallow cave set far back in the hillside. This is the First Cave. There are a good number of moderate gear and sport routes on the south-facing wall known as Lower Dragon Ridge, including the superb Commissary Crack. The north-facing wall, also called the South Claw, offers a number of intermediate trad classics as well. The Dragon Cave's fiercest and most-overhanging bolted problems are in the cave itself. Unfortunately this area suffers from damp, sandy, loose rock and particularly severe corrosion conditions.
Classic Climbing Routes at First Cave
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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