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Hidetaka's Hideout Rock Climbing

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Routes in Hidetaka's Hideout

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	Deceptive Pillar S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Got Your Hammer Hangin' T 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
	Lady Dihedral T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Larry's House S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Our Lady of Fatima T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Ripper Arete T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Rockin' into the Night T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Stir Fry T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a

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Elevation:	7,051 ft	2,149 m
GPS:	38.83566, -120.01101 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Hidetaka's Hideout is named for 1980's bold climbing legend Hidetaka Suzuki. One of my favorite of his quotes from his videos is a Japanese phrase that roughly translates to: "You must have guts!" Anyway, the man is a hero of mine so I went to check out his namesake crag. The climbing consists of a group of West facing orange/gold pillars on the East hillside above Christmas Tree Valley very near the town of Meyers, CA. They are clearly visible from Highway 89 driving North toward Meyers. The faces are sunny and warm, likely only get shade in the very early morning and then full sun the remainder of the day so this would be a good place to try during the cooler months of the year. The climbing mainly consists of sparsely bolted faces with some opportunities for supplemental gear fiddled in where possible. These are not modern closely-bolted sport climbs. Some of the bolts I saw look like older "button head" hardware. Caveat emptor as usual. You must have guts!

Getting There

Find safe legal parking anywhere around near the trailhead. Hike over to the trailhead.

Trailhead GPS = Lat: 38 50.3118N, Lon: 120 00.9899W. This is where things get rough and confusing. Reportedly, you follow this trail/old logging road locally known as "the dog pound" South until you can find a left turn up climber's trail heading very steeply uphill. Unfortunately, recent fuel reduction forestry work has obliterated all signs of the old trail as far as we could tell. We went far up the unending switchbacks of the dog pound trail Southeast, well past the crag, until we found a carin and a sandy climber trail heading back Northeast towards the climbs which are periodically visible on the approach. If you go far enough up the dog pound trail there is a bubbling spring for a water source. If you get here, you have gone too far and missed your left turn. We had some small kids with us and it took us about an hour. The GPS for the base of the main route area is at the route known as "Ripper Arete" Lat: 38 50.1568N Lon: 120 00.6599W.