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crasic
climber
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Sep 27, 2012 - 01:16am PT
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I've been to the lake but not the cliff, the lake is always packed with families and kids when I was there.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Sep 27, 2012 - 01:59am PT
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For climbing, aint nothin' like granite. The obvious diagonal crack seen high up there (photo) has been done?
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Sep 27, 2012 - 02:42am PT
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I don't think this place will ever get too crowded, you have to walk for about 20-30 minutes to get to it, not to mention drive right past the Spires first. There can also be lots of mosquitos. From L to R, the climbs I know about are listed below. A few of these have been off the radar, I think. There's enough out there to make a pretty full day of climbing.
Way over left
* no name 5.8 roof to face, fairly short
Main wall
thin crack to L of Prow, 13a I believe
*** The Prow 5.9 or 10a
*** The Fin, in 11c-12a range, 10b if you aid 1 move
*** diagonal crack, 10d
*** obvious black streak, 10b or c, don't remember
** short thin face starts high up, 12a
Buttress to R of main wall
Ultraviolet and Infrared - I don't remember having done those, so I don't put stars.
** Spanish Flamethrower, 11c
We TR'd some of the cracks to the R, but I don't remember much about them.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Sep 27, 2012 - 02:55am PT
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... and the big inside corner to the L of the Fin is a decent TR, in the 10c range. The crack doesn't take pro, and the rock is a little scaly, so we left it as a TR. It's impressive to look at, but not nearly as good a climb as you might hope.
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tbones
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Sep 27, 2012 - 03:00pm PT
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Never made it up there when I lived in Tahoe a couple years ago. Spent so much time at the Leap and the Spires and now I'm bummed I never went. Thanks for posting
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2012 - 05:55pm PT
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yes it's a super mellow place to climb and chill, i really like that ultraviolet route, i liked it soo much i did 3 laps on it, the crack at the top of the routes is super fun.
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