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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 11, 2013 - 03:12pm PT
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Edit: I should have said "CLIMB" instead of "CRAG." Stinkin' semantics...
these boulders, 21 minutes
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:19pm PT
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Don't know if that qualifies as a "crag".
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2013 - 03:20pm PT
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Plus it's a whole 3 feet tall touché
Posted this on another thread, it's 25 feet so there!!! (I only go halfway 'cause I like the 3 foot ones)
Don't know if that qualifies as a "crag" Picky people, I should have said climb.
Closest "crag" Hospital rock, 45 minutes
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nutjob
Sport climber
Almost to Hollywood, Baby!
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:23pm PT
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I don't know the closest yet, but my first local adventure after moving to LA was Planet of the Apes Wall in Malibu Creek. Even on a Monday there were many parties, but we didn't have to wait for what we wanted. Awesome stuff! I'm going back to brave the crowds this weekend.
http://www.mountainproject.com/v/planet-of-the-apes-wall/105870850
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:25pm PT
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Reminds me of Reedley and Dinuba area...
Tim Schiller and I went bouldering off of Highway 180 north of Orange Cove, in that same general area, in 1977 or 1978, and spent quite a bit of time on short crack projects.
I saw a post on this forum a few years ago warning that the landowner is quite aggressive about trespassers. Not quite "trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be prosecuted," but pretty close, I'm told. I'm glad we didn't get caught!
My nearest real crag is probably Little Table Mountain, but it's also on private property with a landowner that no longer allows access. Too many drunken kids shooting at his cattle (is this related to a topic on another thread?)
Too bad, because it has a plethora of cracks, face climbing, bouldering and even aid problems. Then again, I can get to Tollhouse and Squarenail from my house quicker than I could ever get to Stoney Point when I lived in the Southland, so I shouldn't gripe.
John
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:27pm PT
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haha... climbers really should learn trigonometry so they stop claiming 8' tall boulders are 25' tall.
I gots 30 problems within a 5 min walk from my front door. Another 30 a 10 min walk, and another 40 a 15 min walk. Any further and I take my bike... in which case there are hundreds. They are all 30' tall.
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Prod
Trad climber
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:29pm PT
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Boulder Canyon, then Eldo, then S St Vrain, then Castlewood or Lunpy/ Estes? not sure which is closer, then S Plate.... All with in 5 minutes to 1.5 hours.
Why does everyone hate Boulder?
Prod.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:30pm PT
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Meh, the Bat caves are the closest crag to us - 5 minutes away.
Stoney Point is 10 minutes away.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:31pm PT
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John, I'm bummed everytime I pass little table mountain, never got to climb there, but it looks awesome. Shuteye is my closest, 30 minutes. Tollhouse about an hour, Yosemite is an hour and twenty. Courtright is 1h 45m. What a terrible place to live:-)
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:32pm PT
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Many poo-poo this crag due to it's "urbanity".
I never would have thought that I'd live a mere two miles from Castle Rock (Boulder Canyon).
Dave-"There's nothing to climb at Castle."
Topher-"There's nothing for YOU to climb at Castle!"
Plus I'm a bit of a history nut.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:34pm PT
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Well, there's this place called the Pie Shop just down the road... but it is utter choss and hardly worth the time it takes to hike up there. The best place to "do some laps" is Luther Rock... 10 min drive, 30 min hike.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:36pm PT
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Calico Basin/Red Rock, and Lone Mountain (slimestone) both about 15 minutes.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:43pm PT
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Fairly spoiled here Several WI 4 pllars five minutes outside of town with a 5 minute walk, a fat WI3 and several other lesser flows with a 10 minute drive and 30 second approach, 500 sport routes from 5-30 minute drive. Devil's tower 1 hour needles hour and 15 minutes. Probably a couple thousand routes and at least a 1000 boulder problems in the area. Alpine big walls two hours away with only a 10 hour hike in. Come and get them. Spearfish has it all er I mean small.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:44pm PT
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Crag man I have heard of belaying from the car, but the couch is a new one.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2013 - 03:45pm PT
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Cragman, that's awesome
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:47pm PT
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I can basically see the Riverside Quarry from my office, and can see the N. Wonderland from my backyard. Closest from my front door to having boot on rock...probably Indian Cove, ~15min.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:50pm PT
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You drive from all the way out there to Riverside to work? I'm so glad I don't live in SoCal anymore.
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Prod
Trad climber
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Jan 11, 2013 - 03:51pm PT
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Nobody asked you. Any you know who you are.
Prod.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jan 11, 2013 - 04:00pm PT
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Nah, I don't commute. I rent a place down here that is a 4min bike ride or 10min walk from the office, and spend weekends out at my place. Luckily I have 3 day weekends every other week. The commute would kill me, about 1:30 each way during commuting hours (~75mi).
People I work with commute daily from as far as Apple Valley and Escondito. But it would only save about $400/mo to commute even using a van pool, and would eat all my free time, just not worth it.
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