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swifteddieg
climber
Oakland
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 20, 2014 - 04:06pm PT
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Just moved to Oakland after living in China for the past 6 years. Totally new to California, and I'm looking for ideas for some quick adventures to keep me busy between teaching gigs. The ideal criteria I'm looking for would be:
-Door to Door from Oakland 24-72 hour mission - 48 ideal
-Peaks/Summits/Top-outs are preferred though not mandatory
-Fast and Light
-Easily done solo
I'm was thinking along the lines of easily accessible trailheads, 4th/5th class ridge traverses, some ropework required but not hugely technical.
Let me know what you think
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Apr 20, 2014 - 04:26pm PT
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A suggestion is to get a copy of R. J. Secor's book "Peaks, passes and trails".
edit: also pick up the DeLorme atlases for northern and southern California for a topographical overview.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Apr 20, 2014 - 05:24pm PT
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Welcome to CA and the Sierra Nevada
48 hour round trip? A dozen good ones, mostly in Yosemite. Tuolumne Mdws is 4+ hours from Oakland.....IF you can get ahead of the afternoon traffic. Which is really offal on Fridays. (not a typo)
72 hours. Now you're talking about 50 good ones. Good peaks up each fork of the San Joaquin plus the "East Side" from Ritter/Banner to Bishop Creek.
Depending on what level you're able to safely solo! And how fast you can march.
As recommended above: Secor is essential.
DeLorme atlases are great for showing you how to get there.
And then of course the (nearly) obligatory USGS maps. Which you can download online for free and print yourself or purchase online.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Apr 20, 2014 - 05:43pm PT
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it's amazing how quickly you get used to 5-6 hour drives every friday evening
take a good look at the trinity alps in norcal
lake tahoe wilderness area too
you also have alpine peaks like lassen and shasta up north
there are great peaks just outside of Tuolomne meadows- matthes crest, etc.
sawtooth ridge in northern yosemite (out of bridgeport on 395) gives out quick and easy approaches and summits, and can be reached from northern passes (donner, etc.)
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Apr 20, 2014 - 06:37pm PT
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The Tuolumne area and "high country" not far from the road will blow yer mind with its beauty, accessibility and alpine-ness. Black coffee in your veins, tunes on the drive in and weekend stoke will fuel you and help you break the inertia of the city.
Matthes Crest
Tenaya Peak
Anything on Conness
Mt Dana
Unicorn Peak
Echo Peaks
Cathedral Peak
Adventure awaits....oh the places you'll go.
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CClarke
climber
La Paz, Bolivia
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Apr 20, 2014 - 11:03pm PT
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I would think that there are hardly any moderately technical routes in CA that you couldn't do in 72 hrs from SF if you know where you are going and can keep moving that long. Or, to put it another way, you won't run out of projects any time soon.
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scaredycat
Trad climber
Berkeley,CA
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Apr 20, 2014 - 11:23pm PT
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Dude. Just go for it.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Apr 21, 2014 - 03:11pm PT
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Bob Burd does a lot of those scrambles. There are several that can be done right in Yosemite Valley - old abandoned trails. Check out his website:
http://www.snwburd.com/bob/
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Apr 21, 2014 - 03:33pm PT
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+1 for Bob Burd's site. I participated in his Sierra Challenge event in 2010 and had a blast.
Any CA peak could be done in under 48 Oakland to Oakland. Get the Secor guide, research on Summitpost and here. A LOT TO DO.
If you have not scrambled in CA I would suggest East ridge of Russell, East ridge of Carl Heller, N Face of Mt. Abbot, East Face of Middle Palisade, East or West couloir on Matterhron peak, NW arête of Haeckel, something on Mt. Darwin, and Rock Route on Clyde Minaret for starters.
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Urizen
Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
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Apr 21, 2014 - 03:51pm PT
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Oakland - Matterhorn - Oakland can be done in 24 hours.
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