skyclimb Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Looking for good sport routes up to 5.10c. Wanting good multi's, and beta on good areas in the park!! Spending Friday, Sat, Sun there, so let me know if you have been or know people who have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Dude you are gonna suffer. I drove by there on Satyurday and it had like 4 feet of snow. Looked more like the sno-park than a rock destination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyclimb Posted April 29, 2003 Author Share Posted April 29, 2003 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 skyclimb said: Looking for good sport routes up to 5.10c. Wanting good multi's, and beta on good areas in the park!! Spending Friday, Sat, Sun there, so let me know if you have been or know people who have. Â Sport routes? At Castle Crags? Good luck finding many. DFA was there hiking a few years back, and passed a couple bolt lines on little crags by the trail on the way up, but the rest of the park is pretty tradly as the Doctor understands it. Word is the CC guidebook is back in print, though, maybe you can find it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyclimb Posted April 30, 2003 Author Share Posted April 30, 2003 N E 1 else know about the snow at castle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 check cal dots website...they have weather and info for the area. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalius Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 There are a really limited number of sport routes around there. It's mostly a trad only area. And the scariest trad climbing area I've ever climbed at. Can you say RUNOUT, FLARING, CHOSSY, OUTMEAL GRANITE!!!!!???? Holy shit! That place is definitely an eye opener. There's good reason that though the place is huge with endless granite everywhere, the guidebook is only 20 pages! Most all of that stuff is just unprotectable. There are a few bolted lines on the way up the Castle Dome trail, though not many. Check out Windsong Wall, Pin Cushion Wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szyjakowski Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Dru said: Dude you are gonna suffer. I drove by there on Satyurday and it had like 4 feet of snow. Looked more like the sno-park than a rock destination. snow... Every time I get to this place it rains... no wait it pours. still it looks pretty sweet. cant wait to climb those spires! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figger_Eight Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 skyclimb said: N E 1 else know about the snow at castle? Â Give the Fifth Season a call in Shasta City - they'd know for sure. I picked up the new guide when I drove through last summer, but I dunno where it went - but I know it's back in print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Not me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstemley Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 Post deleted by cstemley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancegranite Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 I have a nice little falcon guide book for the area...look out for bears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 hey, I wanna go,...I live in Ashland. It's 1 hr-1.5 hrs to the trailhead from my house. Send me a PM I'm dyin to go there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shapp Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 just keep telling everyone that the place is choss and runout that way people will stay away and leave the good shizzle to the rest of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormfighter6 Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Climbed there a couple of years ago. Ran accross what looked like some home made hangers. Yes, home made. Looks like they were just 1/4 sheet metal that was bent at a right angle and had a hole drilled in them for you biner and the bolt into the rock. They were kinda scarry I didn't trust them. But I loved the climbing there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancegranite Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 The Cosmic wall has some great views... Castle Crags is so close to I-5 that you can camp 5 minutes off the road and go climbing a hour from your tent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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