Climbing Near Lake Davis, California

The name dubbed to thee, be Portola Potty for how chossy and friable this rock is but once cleaned is great climbing. The crag itself is the cliff face on the east side of Beckworth peak (7252') located outside of Portola California. This band of cliff is about 550' long and at the tallest is about 150, and worthy of being established further with some caution.   one cleaned 110' route  at the right start of the cliff we call "wipe twice". currently trad / TR with natural anchors or gear.   the crag itself is the cliff face on the east side of Beckworth peak located outside of Portola California off Hwy 70 in town cross the river and follow CA-A15 to the left hand turn about 1.5 miles out of town on to Beckworth peak road. Which is about a 5.4 mile dirt road. 2 miles of which you can make in a 2wd car. at 2.5miles we damaged the Subaru, the remainder is doable in a truck or any 4x4 suv with 6" of clearance or more, 39°46'20.81"N 120°25'59.47"W. or 39.76890°N / 120.43676°W

A sunny, slightly overhanging wall. This is a great spot with easy access and it's right on the shoreline if you get too hot during the summer. This wall first saw bolting in the early 90's, but it seems some one has come through and updated the equipment, and even added to routes. No idea who this good Samaritan is, but I owe them 2 beers now. When entering Frenchman Lake from Little Last Chance Canyon, take the road to the left to head around to the West side of Frenchman Lake. Park along the side of the road at the obvious narrow rocky cove. You will find a rough path going over and along the backside of the north cliff. Follow this path downhill and to the other side of the cliff, then turn right and walk along the water until you reach the main wall. Two bolted routes can be found near the shoreline, and one harder project route's belay area is 25' up on a ledge.

A large shadowy north east facing wall looms over two successive bridges in the Little Last Chance Canyon. There's a deep cave feature that separates the three routes found here. Definitely a place to escape the summer heat. Be warned, rock quality is mixed here, the bolted routes have been meticulously placed on the few bits of good rock that can be found. So explore vertically with extreme caution.There is a book written about this area from 2013, there was one sport route near the cave feature of this wall, and the author put up a 3 pitch mixed route(Fool Moon Fever PG-13 5.8+) on the large overhanging wall. As of 2020, there are 2 fresh new sport routes on the main wall left of the cave feature, and the multipitch route appears to have been rebolted going left and up instead of going up and right. No idea if the multipitch route is still intact. The old sport route listed in the book that starts near the mouth of the cave appears to be just gone. As the Little Last Chance Canyon opens up you'll cross two bridges and then see the Phantom Wall looming overhead to the left. Park in the dirt pullout on the right side of the road, then cross the road and approach the main wall, should be 100 feet or less of hiking/bush whacking.