[TR] Castle Crags- 6/29/2005

[layton]

Climb: Castle Crags-

 

Date of Climb: 6/29/2005

 

Trip Report:

Photo TR. no words necessary. they look better if you go to my gallery and zoom in cuz things at the crags are really huge (especially the panoramas! gotta love photo stich technology).

 

Gear Notes:

bring tiny stuff for the runouts

[Chriznitch]

awesome pics

did you climb the ogre?

[jordop]

Nice, I've wanted to get there for a while. Looks like everything I thought it would be

 

Does anyone have any info on the possibility of a real guidebook for this area? Someone told me about one, but I think there were either assholes or idiots or both. Here's some good google returns for "Castle Crags"

[layton]

no we climbed short 1-3 pitch stuff on Trundel Oomlat, Chocolate Barstool, Mt Sody Pop, and Chundle...and a longer route on the NF of Castle Dome.

[Chriznitch]

Does anyone have any info on the possibility of a real guidebook for this area?

if this is a serious question...then, sort of.

Falcon makes a series of pamphlets titled "classic rock climbs" and there's one for castle crags. pretty short though--maybe 25 pgs

[rhyang]

Falcon makes a series of pamphlets titled "classic rock climbs" and there's one for castle crags. pretty short though--maybe 25 pgs

 

It's not very detailed either. Notes on suggested pro, if present, tends to be stuff like "nuts more useful than cams", etc.

[lancegranite]

Climbed the Cosmic wall a couple times over the years.

This area is a perfect stopping place for the southbound climber to make climb.

You can camp five minutes from I-5.

Don't forget to drink a Castle Crags amber ale while soaking your toes in the river!

[Bill_Simpkins]

I have an old guidebook that has some of the routes in it.

Published in the 70's. Got it at a used book store.

[chris]

The Falcon Press staple-back is the only current guidebook to the area. You can purchase it from the Fifth Season in Shasta.

[sean_beanntan]

Great Photos, did you manage to climb Powderline on Battle Mountain while you were down there. Best climb in the Castle Crags area imo

[billcoe]

The Falcon Press staple-back is the only current guidebook to the area. You can purchase it from the Fifth Season in Shasta.

 

You'll be disapointed is my guess, it's like 25 pages big, and the routes are not crowded into it to save paper either.

[wimsey]

Great Photos, did you manage to climb Powderline on Battle Mountain while you were down there. Best climb in the Castle Crags area imo

 

Better than the Dike Route?! I found the Dike Route to be rather excellent. I'd be curious to hear from anyone who has done both.

Edited July 17, 2005 by wimsey

[Jim_T]

Hey Sean - do you have any more info on this Powderline climb? I searched around a bit but couldn't find any mention of Battle Mtn. I'd love to get some more details ... thx!

[layton]

10p 10a on battle mtn. you can see it up the forest service road. the ranger station at the state park enterance has a copy of the older guidebook w/topo and will xerox it for you. say hi to jenniffer, the pretty blond haired minx.

[Jim_T]

Cool - thanks for the info Michael. Next time I am down there I'll stop by and take a look at the topo (and the chica!).

[cstemley]

I've found the best way to get crags info is through a pair of binoc's, bring long pants for the manzanita, and some trade goods for climb info, down at the store. The falcon guide is a miss print.

[billcoe]

I've found the best way to get crags info is through a pair of binoc's, bring long pants for the manzanita, and some trade goods for climb info, down at the store. The falcon guide is a miss print.

 

The guide sucks, no doubt, but what kind of "trade goods" are we talking about? Green and leafy?