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Goat Rock Area Rock Climbing

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Areas in Goat Rock Area

Billy Goat Rock 1 / 3 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Goat Rock 3 / 1 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Hostess, The 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Last Temptation Cliff 4 / 4 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Mount Doom 1 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Voyeur 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Elevation:	2,878 ft	877 m
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Access Issue: Trails are closed from sunset to 6:00 am. Details

Trails close at sunset. Give yourself enough time to be back at your vehicle (or campsite if you're staying at one) before dark, or the rangers will fine you.

Always visit the Castle Rock State Park website parks.ca.gov/?page_id=538 for fairly current official information.

Description

Covers the rope climbing areas that are fairly close to Goat Rock and that tend to follow a similar approach trail.

This area includes Goat Rock Proper, the Hostess, Last Temptation Cliff, Billy Goat Rock and Mt Doom.

For boulder problems in this area see the Goat Rock Bouldering Circuit, Klinghoffers and Trailside Boulder pages.

Getting There

Approach from the Ridge Trail or the Goat Rock Trail (which requires walking along Skyline Blvd for a bit). See the individual sub-area pages for more specifics.

30 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Goat Rock Area

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c 89 ● Swiss Cheese Trad, TR Goat Rock
5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c 35 ● Cheddar Corner Sport, TR Goat Rock
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 34 ● Center Route TR Goat Rock
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 42 ● Triple Overhang TR Goat Rock
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 35 ● Chimps in Negligee Trad, TR Last Temptation Cliff
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 154 ● The Great Roof TR Goat Rock
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 36 ● Go I Know Not Whither and Bring… Trad Last Temptation Cliff
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 12 ● Death & Taxes TR Last Temptation Cliff
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 38 ● Live Monkey Brain Sport, TR Last Temptation Cliff
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 4 ● Sunset Arete Sport Last Temptation Cliff
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 8 ● Bridwell Bolt Route Sport, TR Billy Goat Rock
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 16 ● Permanent Erection Sport, TR Billy Goat Rock
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 20 ● Charlie's Angel Sport, TR Last Temptation Cliff
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 26 ● Cummed On Sport Billy Goat Rock
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 4 ● Lobotomy Sport, TR Last Temptation Cliff