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Fictitioua Tree Rock

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Description

A little mini J Tree right in the middle of Angeles National Forest. Don't waste your time driving all the way out to J Tree for big crowds, death heat, and pant shitting run outs, come here!

It has similar gritty rock type and features like flaring cracks and cool knobs. It's got everything: hand and finger cracks, flakes and underclings, slabs and traverses, a squirimy chimney and an aid route.

Its a perfect spot to crank out some mellow trad routes and get a bunch of quick laps in.

I found this crag a few years ago. There were no signs of climbing except for 1 old rusty star dryve in bolt on a blank chossy slab. Royal Robbins and other local badasses prolly climbed some of the cracks but I did have to clean up a few routes. Some rock is a little grainy and loose but that will clean up with more people climbing it.

I added anchors to the top so it's easier to set up the routes.

To get to the top theres an easy 3rd class walk up on the right side of the crag. All routes can be TRed off the 2 sets of bolts, but theres 2 or 3 where youd want a cam as a directional.

Getting There

Drive up Angeles Crest Highway and 1 mile after Newcomb's Ranch turn left onto Sulfer Springs Road and park at 3 Points Trailhead.

 This is the same road for Horse Flats but you park right when you turn off Hwy 2.

Walk down the PCT, cross the highway and stay on the PCT for about 2 minutes then turn right onto another trail. Follow the trail for about 5 minutes and then walk up a loose climber trail to the left when you see the crag.

Routes from Left to Right

5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
 8
● Walk on the mild side
Trad
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 19
● Snowblade Tracks
Trad, TR
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 30
● Calfsmoke
Trad, TR
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 7
● Smokin Bagley
Trad, TR
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 21
● Worth Bagley was Soft
Trad, TR
5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a C1+
 1
● Bolt Ladder aka AIDS
Trad, Aid
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13
 2
● Coarse and Bulgy
Trad, TR
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 18
● Squirmney
Trad, TR
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
 7
● Huskies are Poodles too
Trad
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 4
● Single Dog Leg
Trad
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 1
● The Face from Nowhere
Trad, TR
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Walk on the mild side
 8
5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a Trad
● Snowblade Tracks
 19
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, TR
● Calfsmoke
 30
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad, TR
● Smokin Bagley
 7
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad, TR
● Worth Bagley was Soft
 21
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, TR
● Bolt Ladder aka AIDS
 1
5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a C1+ Trad, Aid
● Coarse and Bulgy
 2
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13 Trad, TR
● Squirmney
 18
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, TR
● Huskies are Poodles too
 7
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13 Trad
● Single Dog Leg
 4
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad
● The Face from Nowhere
 1
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad, TR

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John Achenbach
Los Angeles, CA
[Hide Comment] Superb rock. Wish routes were longer. Dec 27, 2023
John Achenbach
Los Angeles, CA
[Hide Comment] If you keep walking up the main trail, and then hang a left, the approach is a litter longer... but you can avoid the thorny bushes that you encounter if you try to battle straight up the gut to the rock. Stay up and right of the crag, follow some non-bushy almost-paths (look for dirt patches to walk through, rather then bushes). Do not touch any rotten logs, the ants are from out of of this world. Apr 28, 2024