Climbing Near Los Alcatraces, Baja California

A small canyon filled with grass and palm trees down near the border in Otay mesa contains some decent if somewhat short sport climbing on interesting featured metamorphic rock. Most of the good climbing faces north, and the trees offer shade, making this area climbable on all but the hottest days. From highway 805 go east on Olympic Parkway. Continue for 6.5m. Turn left on Wueste Rd. and continue till you hit Otay Lakes County Park. Park inside for a fee ($5) or park right outside in the shoulder. Make your way through the county park and head south/downhill.  If you are looking at Google Maps satellite view, the epicenter of the climbing is the clearly visible pipe that crosses the Otay River just south of the park, and you are aiming to drop into the canyon somewhat west of there.You'll see the face after 15 minutes or so of downhill hiking. Hike right and down into the canyon.  Once you hit the riverbed turn left towards the pipe to find the climbing.  It is around 0.9 miles from the park entrance gate to the climbs under the pipe.

The Bonita Crag is located in South County San Diego. It's a little known area with 4 easily accessible routes 3 of which are good quality. The rock itself is high quality. Take the 805 freeway to 54 east. Take the Briarwood exit and head south (right) to the bottom of the hill. Turn left on Sweetwater road. Stay straight for about 2 miles and turn right on Quarry road. At the end of the road there is a dead end. Park here. Do not follow the obvious paved road heading in a incline under the bridge. Instead turn to your right and you should seen a faint dirt road at a decline which is also heading under the bridge except more in the direction of the canyon. Follow this dirt road until you reach a series of pipes running across an inaccessible bridge (it's surrounded by a fence and barbed wire). A social trail is located on the right of the bridge and circles down underneath. Scramble down until you get to the bottom and stay canyon left. Most of the climbs at Bonita Crag are on the left wall. There are some routes on the other side too.

Just right of the Sport Wall. Has some hard TRs and some leads requiring gear. Head past the Sport Wall a short distance, or above it to set a TR.