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Trader Joe's Rock Climbing

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Elevation:	7,770 ft	2,368 m
GPS:	39.06682, -117.21531 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Trevor Livingston on Sep 28, 2020
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Description

Trader Joe's is what we are calling the darker grey, slabby formation on the left (south) side of the Wild granites, below and left of the mineral wall, further down the same drainage. If anyone has a real name or info on any routes previously done here we would be curious to know! We reckon it is about 500 feet in height, mostly lower angle, and more vegetated than some of the larger formations in the area. From beneath, it looks like this wall may include the pointy summit seen behind it, however these are different formations separated by the descent gully(see pic). Regardless, we found some nice climbing on the formation and would not be surprised if there was more.

To descend, downclimb approx. 20 feet of 4th from top, and head down the obvious gully. Do not turn right to cut back to the base too early: you will slab out. Instead continue straight into the main drainage before reversing one of the approaches.

Getting There

There are two (relatively) nontechnical ways to do this.
1.) Use the standard approach trail to the backside access notch, then cut southeast down the drainage to the formation. If you go too low and try to cut over, you will encounter some exposed 4th class slab moves to access the big ledge beneath the formation. Cutting over earlier will tame the exposure, but still expect some scrambling.
2.)Alternatively, veer off the approach trail below Triple T buttress and aim for a notch on the left side of Triple T. Tunnel through it (neat). This will spit you out beneath another notch under the Social Distancing wall. Scramble up this notch, and downclimb (awkward talus) into the drainage with Trader Joe's. Scramble up slabs/ledges to the base of the formation. It looks like there is seasonal stream/ waterfall in this drainage that could be problematic in the spring/early summer.