Bouldering above the "N" in Reno?

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robfritz

Trad climber
Pollock Pines, CA
Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 6, 2012 - 07:04pm PT
Does anyone what the access is like to the boulders above the painted "N" in Reno? Based on google images it looks like there is a service road to the cell towers that goes up to it. Also, have these been explored?
robfritz

Trad climber
Pollock Pines, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 7, 2012 - 02:23pm PT
Nah worries. Come on taco people!?!
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Dec 7, 2012 - 02:38pm PT
There’s climbing here in Reno?!?!?!?
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Dec 7, 2012 - 03:56pm PT
I remember hearing about a place where the 431 ramps down to 395. Supposedly decent bouldering.

When I finally checked it out, there was a service station and a subdivision there. No access.

Ron, you familiar with the spot?
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Dec 7, 2012 - 04:04pm PT
No, I bought a Gatorade and drove back over the hill.

I wasn't hating on gun owners, I'm one myself. It was just a dick move to overtly threaten me while I was pasted to muddy rock.

That said, I've found some sweet honeycombed boulders in the next wash east. It's a steep hill to drive up, but it's a sweet place to camp.
Mick K

climber
Northern Sierra
Dec 7, 2012 - 04:47pm PT
The access to the boulders above the N is very open. There are trails form Rancho San Rafael Park or I believe you can drive close to the north side. Mostly smallish chucks of really sold rock all over that area with a couple good boulders problems here and there but no concentration of anything good except the Keystone Boulder. Not really worth the approach unless you are pout mo8ntan biking the trails and then there are 4 or 5 areas that would be worthy of stopping.

There is also a small crag that I refer to as Dinosaur Rock to the North East of Rancho San Rafael Park up on a hill. Pretty good moderate bouldering soloing but no thin steep or difficult. Good place for TR with young kids. Access is weird because of the neighbors but there is a way to get there by following the RR tracks form the south or directly up the hill for the West.
adventurous one

Trad climber
Truckee Ca.
Dec 7, 2012 - 04:47pm PT
Owl Rock? That small chunck of volcanic garbage? Didn't really find much there. Maybe a couple of lines were worth the effort to put on climbing shoes for. The climbing options there are of poor quality, probably not worth the effort unless you actualy lived on Toll Road and it was only 10 minutes from home imo (And I actually usually enjoy most "chossy" crags) One of the very few spots that I ultimately pulled out of the new guidebook because I didn't feel it worthy of wasting a page or two. Though we did actually climb a half dozen very short, very chossy, forgetable "routes" in the six hours we killed there looking around on a day when it was to windy/cold in Tahoe. Went back again to explore around thinking maybe we missed something in the nearby area, but never found anything except even worse choss. (The road makes for a good mountain bike path to Virginia City though) There was one place of overhanging rock that we never got on though that maybe had a possibility or two. Did we miss a classic Ron Anderson route there somewhere?
robfritz

Trad climber
Pollock Pines, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 7, 2012 - 09:39pm PT
Love all the stories! I just moved to the area so I'm still bummed about the lack of climbing. Supposedly there's some body of water called pyramid lake near Reno. Any DWS there or is that wishful thinking?
Aki J

Trad climber
Placerville, CA
Dec 7, 2012 - 09:44pm PT
YERRR GONNA DIEEE! but really, don't break your foot again ;)
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Dec 7, 2012 - 10:08pm PT
Sh#t man, I broke both my sternum and my tailbone jumping off of a huge rock on Pyramid Lake. Gave me a concussion too, I was puking all night.

Took two years before my sternum stopped cracking everytime I took a deep breath.

Ah, memories.

This was the actual event;
robfritz

Trad climber
Pollock Pines, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 7, 2012 - 10:46pm PT
Took two years before my sternum stopped cracking everytime I took a deep breath.
Gnarly!! I'll make sure not to do that.

Oh hey aki, yeah I saw that;)
adventurous one

Trad climber
Truckee Ca.
Dec 8, 2012 - 01:27am PT

I just moved to the area so I'm still bummed about the lack of climbing.


Do you mean within a 15 minute walk of your frontdoor or a crag that stays 75 degrees in the winter months? Otherwise you must be really new to the area. Several lifetimes of great climbing within an hour of where you live. (A couple thousand established routes plus several more thousand within another 45 minutes, not to mention endless bouldering opportunities) including some crags that are climable year round.
Maybe someone could recommend a good, local guidebook for you, if you don't have a partner to show you around.
Ahh....to be new to the area with so many good climbing spots to check out for the first time..... good luck and enjoy the exploration!
Captain...or Skully

climber
Dec 8, 2012 - 01:49am PT
A whole metric butt ton is a lot. I think.
splitter

Trad climber
Cali Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
Dec 8, 2012 - 02:56am PT
Brandon,

Is that actually you jumping in that picture? Or just the same jump?

Regardless, dang, that pretty loco, bro!

Jumped off of this thing at La Jolla Cove called the clam when I was 16. It's about 45'. But I jumped at low tide and as the water sucked out. So it added about 10' or 15'. I couldn't go surfing for about 2-3 weeks. I swore that I would never bend to peer pressure again after that lil' f*#k up!
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