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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sacto, gateway to the port of Stockton!
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Roughster
Sport climber
Vacaville, CA
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Most people who live in the area, as Dingus mentions, have no idea of the wealth of outdoor recreation opportunities that are within their grasp, yet don't see hordes of crowds everyone weekend and therefore are not worthy of respect:
 WW Kayaking: Simply put Sacramento is close to the best WW kayaking in the world..period...
Flatw#ter Kayaking: Main stem of the American, Lake Natoma, Lake Folsom, Clementine, The Delta, Berryessa, and multitudes of Sierra lakes when in season.
Road Biking: The AR is tops, the roads outside of Folsom are tops, the Sierras have some the most amazing grades around, Cardiac near Winters, the Silverado Trail, the list goes on and on...
Mountain Biking: Natoma, Folsom, Auburn, Sierras, Rockville.
Climbing: Auburn, Rockville, Rocklin, DTSA, Scraps, MSH, Nut Tree, Putah Creek,Cosumnes, Bowman, Emeralds, Sonora, then the Sierras.
Surf: Within 100 you can be at OB
Frisbee Golf: Pena Adobe, Several East Bay Parks, Several in Sac proper and suburbs
Golf: Tons of great courses
Hiking: LOL. Too hard to choose what to list. Try Codfish Falls in Auburn for a treat off the eaten path but within an afternoon trip.
Fishing: AMAZING! Delta (World class black bass / stripers), AR Salmon, Sac Trout, Folsom Salmon, trout, and bass, Fly fishing the stream and local rivers, hush (Putah Creek is more than just bouldering), Berryessa, Black Butte, Collins, Rollins, Tahoe, New Melones, Hogan, the list goes on and on.
Everything listed within 4 hours, many within 1. It all depends on your perspective. Do you want to make the best of it, or be one of the sheep?
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squishy
Mountain climber
sacramento
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Sacramento sucks, stay away...
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Dr. X
Big Wall climber
X- Town
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Moving to the "Sac"?
You'll get along fine, as soon as you grow the mullet out, the locals will welcome you.
Helps with street cred, if you pick up a IROC Camero out of state, for cheap, before bringing that prized beaty into town!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Haha, Erik! that was exactly what went through my head when I read X's post. Think I'll head down to the Bahamas and score one!
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Roughster forgot skiing, the reason I moved here.
Squaw, Alpine, Kirkwood, Sugar Bowl. Some of the best snow and terrain in America.
The biggest drawback for Sac as a climber is that although there's local climbing, it's 1:45 to world class climbing. 1:30 from Mather area.
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LithiumMetalman
Trad climber
cesspool central
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My vote be Folsom or Fair Oaks.
Fair Oaks is trippy for the wild chickens running all over the place.
Sacto/Davis area, great area sometimes miss it, sometimes don't.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Really excellent carpeting.
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Dr. X
Big Wall climber
X- Town
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I may be old.........or may not be.
One things for sure:
The mullets & WT cars may be gone, but the mindset is alive & well in Sac!
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ShibbyShane
Trad climber
Sacramento, CA
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Most people who live in the area, as Dingus mentions, have no idea of the wealth of outdoor recreation opportunities that are within their grasp, yet don't see hordes of crowds everyone weekend and therefore are not worthy of respect:
WW Kayaking: Simply put Sacramento is close to the best WW kayaking in the world..period...
Flatw#ter Kayaking: Main stem of the American, Lake Natoma, Lake Folsom, Clementine, The Delta, Berryessa, and multitudes of Sierra lakes when in season.
Road Biking: The AR is tops, the roads outside of Folsom are tops, the Sierras have some the most amazing grades around, Cardiac near Winters, the Silverado Trail, the list goes on and on...
Mountain Biking: Natoma, Folsom, Auburn, Sierras, Rockville.
Climbing: Auburn, Rockville, Rocklin, DTSA, Scraps, MSH, Nut Tree, Putah Creek,Cosumnes, Bowman, Emeralds, Sonora, then the Sierras.
Surf: Within 100 you can be at OB
Frisbee Golf: Pena Adobe, Several East Bay Parks, Several in Sac proper and suburbs
Golf: Tons of great courses
Hiking: LOL. Too hard to choose what to list. Try Codfish Falls in Auburn for a treat off the eaten path but within an afternoon trip.
Fishing: AMAZING! Delta (World class black bass / stripers), AR Salmon, Sac Trout, Folsom Salmon, trout, and bass, Fly fishing the stream and local rivers, hush (Putah Creek is more than just bouldering), Berryessa, Black Butte, Collins, Rollins, Tahoe, New Melones, Hogan, the list goes on and on.
Everything listed within 4 hours, many within 1. It all depends on your perspective. Do you want to make the best of it, or be one of the sheep?
Where are Rockville, DTSA, Scraps, MSH, Nut Tree, Putah Creek, and Bowman? Also, is there anything worth climbing at the Emeralds?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Ever been to Banning or Hemet? Same thing.
Woo! That's me!
Ducktails represent!
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franky
Trad climber
Ford Pickup Truck, North America
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The vast majority of Sacramento is awful suburban hell. the areas near the center of the city can be cool. The summers are brutal, really hot and dry and if the fires start it can feel like living in hell. The coast range is cool but desperately lacking public land until you get into Mendocino National Forest which is actually quite a haul. The traffic in and out of tahoe on the weekend can be insanity, and highway 50 in the winter during snow has the scariest drivers i've ever witnessed in the united states of america. I second the opinion that Davis isn't worth living in unless you only use a bike for transportation.
If you aren't going to live near the center of Sacramento, where there is at least some culture, then live as close to the mountains as you can since all of that suburban sh#t is awful. Rancho Cordova (I worked there too, like most people who have lived in Sac) is the worst city I've ever seen. I'd rather live in Gary, Indiana (if it had mountains within two hours).
All that said, the trad cragging in Tahoe is spectacular. The skiing is amazing, the hiking is fantastic, and the scenery beautiful. It is pretty easy to avoid hordes if you want. The drive to Bishop is beautiful and pretty chill, same for The Valley. pack your bags on thursday night, and leave straight from work on friday, only work at a place that has a shower so you can show up at 7am monday morning without ever having gone home. Sacramento is the land of the weekend warrior.
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eurotrash
climber
Denmark
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As a former Sacramento resident, I have to say...franky, you hit the nail right on the head.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Tex bro, just sleep in back of the Cougar behind the climbing gym. At least it don't rain all winter in the Ball-Sac.
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squishy
Mountain climber
sacramento
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I was out cragging in flip flops with my shirt off yesterday...go SAC!!
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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"Where are Rockville, DTSA, Scraps, MSH, Nut Tree, Putah Creek, and Bowman? Also, is there anything worth climbing at the Emeralds?"
Putah Creek is a little bouldering area, basalt, outside of Winters, on the way up to L. Berryesa. There's enough there to keep you entertained for a few hours. I almost got a terminal case of poison oak there, one time, after pulling up some pesky bushes by hand. Don't know the state of the place now.
The Emeralds are a very cool spot, well worth visiting, and it can literally be cool there when other places are too hot.
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squishy
Mountain climber
sacramento
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Putah Creek is fine, accessible, but floods after heavy storms...the problems there are surprisingly good...I was impressed...but it ain't granite...
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Been in Sac since 97, and have few complaints. The burbs around Sac arent bad, unless you move to the stucco ghettos of Folsom or Natomas. Fair oaks, carmichael, Rocklin, Land Park, East sac, Curtis Park all have great areas.
A lot of folks say the nightlife and "culture" are lacking, but if you are over 25 or have kids that is a non-issue. Quick access to climbing, skiing, the coast and the eastside make it hard to leave.
Climbed at Putah in shorts on Saturday and flyfished the American for steelhead on sunday. Life is what you make of it, and its all good in Sac.
edit: The emeralds is close and ha great climbing on the benches. Tons of new routes at Bowman lake but road will be closed till snow melts.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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May 27, 2016 - 05:55pm PT
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Bump for living in the Sack area...
Bay Area cost of living sucks , trying to convince my wife to move to Central Valley . We're looking at Folsom , Roseville , El Dorado Hills , places like that ....
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