What are some easy-moderate roof climbs near SoCal?
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It's easy for gyms to set up nice, long roof climbs, but I've never seen any outdoors. I think the closest thing to what I'm imagining that I've tried is Powder Keg at Holcomb Valley, but that can be argued to just be a steep climb. Are there any other fun roof climbs that are 5.11 or easier in California or Nevada? |
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More Funky Than Monkey, Super Roof, and Imaginary Voyage in J Tree come to mind. |
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Triton Tower on El Cajon is pretty spicy. Saw some dude, who left his harness in the van, make a "swami harness" out of runners and cord and lead it without whipping. |
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A bunch of the climbs in The Gunks? |
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https://www.mountainproject.com/route/114368492/bigcone-buttress
This is a big one that won’t disappoint!!! Get some! |
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Jeff... ECHO has some. Stoney has some, over at Martin Landing. |
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Jeff Lee11 wrote: It's easy for gyms to set up nice, long roof climbs, but I've never seen any outdoors. I think the closest thing to what I'm imagining that I've tried is Powder Keg at Holcomb Valley, but that can be argued to just be a steep climb. Are there any other fun roof climbs that are 5.11 or easier in California or Nevada? https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107253664/blacklisted not necessarily a roof, but it's a fun steep climb. |
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This fails the "easy-moderate" test but everyone needs life goals. |
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Señor Arroz wrote: This fails the "easy-moderate" test but everyone needs life goals. I never think easy moderate roof... |
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Guy Keesee wrote: True. That whole upside down thing makes them not easy. At least for me. |
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Guy Keesee wrote: Jeff... ECHO has some. Stoney has some, over at Martin Landing. I went up to kern limestone a couple years ago. There was several active bee hives on/near some of the lines on the left side of the crag. We opted out for better conditions. |
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I had some friends who went there in November. They climbed in the cave... where the best climbing is. Didn’t say a word about bees. The place could use a new fixed line they said. |
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Have you ever been to Eldo? Old school 5.8+ roof heaven. Two hour flight from SoCal. |




