Best Drive-Up Crags in the Western States?

Whether you're the type who likes an easy warmup or cooldown on your way to/from your favorite remote piece of rock, or the kind who simply just won't belay anywhere other than the seat of your car, drive-up crags serve a purpose for all types of climbers. I want to hear about your favorite drive-up crags. It doesn't matter if it's a chosspile or the best place you've ever climbed. The only rule is that the approach must take no more than a minute or two.

I'll start. My favorites include: Fossil Falls, Wall Street, a few Joshua Tree formations, Alabama Hills, and Generator Station.

Classic belay off the bumper with the Dead playing on the car stereo.

The whole Needles Highway has numerous road side climbs.

Climbing all 10 of the Ten Pins mountainproject.com/v/tenpi…

All within 2 minutes from the car. Every year that I lived in the area I would meet a pair of CO climbers who had driven in just to do these 10 routes.

squamish ... smoke bluffs, murrin, base of the chief, chekamus ....

its also 5 min away from the sbucks ;)

Rifle.

Camp Bird road before they close the gate for the winter: drinking hot beverage in the car between ice pitches - priceless. Of course, you can do the same in the summer while drytooling, however constant noise from jeepers and Texas wheelchairs makes it less pleasant. Rotary Park also is awesome - where else can you belay with one hand while flipping hot dogs on the grill with the other hand?

lots in tuolumne - lembert, stately pleasure to name a few

alabama hills is one of the best

grizzly dome on the feather river in CA

http://mountainproject.com/v/crag-full-of-dynamite/105816701

Pretty much the epitome of park and belay... Only use a trashy car because there is a bit of loose rock up there.

Potash Rd in Moab. Touristy but literally no approach belay from the car.

Boulder Canyon has numerous roadside crags

Needles is a great place too. Drove thru didn't climb but it's also touristy.

Camp Bird is also great ice climbing, roll out of the car and belay. Road closes when snow starts to pile up. Some of colorados great climbs are located there, most with no approach.

City of Rocks...

Much of Ogden Canyon is dangerously close to the road.

If your reply is not Rifle, then you suck!

Nobody has said Index Lower Town Wall yet?

RandyR wrote:Nobody has said Index Lower Town Wall yet?

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I'd be impressed if you can get your car to the lower town wall, but I guess it qualifies since the approach is only 1 minute.

Wall Street in Moab on Potash Road ... You can rope solo pretty much every route with your cars bumper as an anchor...

Uh, come on. Pukes!

Here are the directions from wherever you live: drive down I-70, when you see a big limestone wall hanging over you, you're there. Park on the shoulder, rope up, and enjoy the sweet ambiance of echoing semis and screaming gawkers.

God I love roadside crags.

Best 2 I've been are certainly Alabama Hills and City of Rocks

El Cap has a pretty short approach, the climbing is decent

JT.