Mountain Project Logo

Roof routes in california

Original Post
Ben Nunez · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2017 · Points: 0

I'm going to be in california for 4 or 5 months and I  was wondering if anyone knows of any good  super steep cave/roof routs, I climb in the low 12's any suggestions would be great thanks

David A · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined Oct 2008 · Points: 405

CA is pretty big. There are quite a few notable roofs. Some that come to mind are the Great Roof at Goat Rock in Castle Rock State Park, and Heaven and Separate Reality in Yosemite. 

Ken Noyce · · Layton, UT · Joined Aug 2010 · Points: 2,685
Ben Nunez wrote:

I'm going to be in california for 4 or 5 months and I  was wondering if anyone knows of any good  super steep cave/roof routs, I climb in the low 12's any suggestions would be great thanks

https://www.mountainproject.com/area/105882774/eldorado-roof

corpse · · jtree area · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 5
Reec e · · Bozeman · Joined Jan 2017 · Points: 0

Don't know where you're at but this place in the central coast has some, notably this one

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/108154715/the-hell-of-being-crushed-alive

but the whole area has a lot of steep/roof sport

Andrew Child · · Corvallis, Or · Joined Sep 2015 · Points: 1,554

eldorado roof and dilithium crystal at owens river gorge

Joe Wysznski · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2012 · Points: 207
Greg Barnes · · American Safe Climbing Asso… · Joined Apr 2006 · Points: 3,679

Along Highway 108 a bit north of Yosemite:

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107040578/delirious

Ben Nunez · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2017 · Points: 0

I just want to thank everyone for the great info! 

simplyput . · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2013 · Points: 60

There's that one place near the jail that's pretty steep. Then there's the OW roof in Jtree  that eats men. I've also heard of a big one on the Nose.

Guy Keesee · · Moorpark, CA · Joined Mar 2008 · Points: 349

Try....   "The Gong Show" Rock Creek....         

Jon Hartmann · · Ojai, CA · Joined Feb 2009 · Points: 1,799

Guy, have you given The Gong Show a try? I was thinking of trying it out but I didn't know how I'd get through the bottleneck section so I decided I'd try it later when I can ONSITE 11.d ..... so like maybe much much later. How was it?

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

Southern California
Post a Reply to "Roof routes in california"

Log In to Reply
Welcome

Join the Community! It's FREE

Already have an account? Login to close this notice.