im headed down over thanksgiving weekend, and am looking for a nice spot for single pitch stuff: really fun, long warmups (5.8 and below), and up to 5.10 or .11. i thought the area with bishop's terrace was a little blah (church bowl? feels kind of mini), spent a bunch of time at the base of el cap (good stuff, but my partner wont like it), and really liked the cookie (too cold?), but would love the inside scoop on what walls are warm enough this time of year. mostly when i was there i sought out the longer climbs, but i never really invested effort in trying to figure out what crags are best for climbing multiple single pitch routes in a day. any of you hard core valley dwellers willing to weigh in on the best spots for late november single pitch cragging?
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Nov 23, 2008
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The Cookie, Arch Rock, Reed's, Five and Dime are all excellent. A friend did "The Rostrum" a week ago, so it all depends on the temps I suppose. Have fun.
Same. Arch Rock, The Cookie, Reeds, ext. Much of the south facing, lower canyon stuff is good through out the dry parts of the winter. I've been climbing shirt-less the last couple weekends at these crags.