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Elevation: 7,036 ft 2,145 m
GPS: 39.31717, -120.32436
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Shared By: Lurk Er on Aug 2, 2021
Admins: Aron Quiter, Lurk Er, Ky Bishop, Colby Wangler, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes

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Talus Wall offers a handful of bolted routes on highly-featured granite in a convenient location. Most of the routes are on the lowest tier of rock, hidden from the road, and are roughly 40-60' tall. There is also a single route on the highest tier ("Geologic Time Is Now") right next to the parking. All of the routes go into the shade around 1 PM. This is a great spot to get in some quick pitches after work.

The entire wall is probably approaching 200' tall but is broken up by a number of sizable ledges, likely explaining why it has been largely overlooked until now, despite its proximity to Donner Pass Road. Two old buttonhead bolts indicated evidence of limited previous activity but the wall has never been reported in a guidebook.

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Coming down Donner Pass Road, park in the small pullout on the right just off the summit. "Geologic Time Is Now" is right next to the road. For the rest of the routes, take a rough trail down for a few minutes to the base of the cliff. Be careful on the talus, because you know, it's talus.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Talus Wall

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 15
Geologic Time Is Now
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 13
Bloc Party
Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 15
Stone's Throw
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 8
Rocky Top
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 9
Talusman
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Geologic Time Is Now
 15
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Bloc Party
 13
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Stone's Throw
 15
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
Rocky Top
 8
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Talusman
 9
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
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