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rurprider
Trad climber
Mt. Rubidoux
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We climbed at a scruffy little crag in the fall of 1983, on Angeles Crest Hwy. Old rusty bolts. It was "rediscovered" in 1988 and known as Williamson Rock. Found it in Herzog's old SCal guidebook. Also, climbed on the north side of Strawberry Peak & in the Twin Peaks area.
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Big Piton
Trad climber
Ventura
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I have climbed all of the crest for over 25 years. Alder Creek was one of my favorites. It had everything bouldering, top roping, short aid climbs and the best of all 160 foot lead climbs on good rock.
Alder Creek has as I remember has three benches, aka water falls. Then after the last one you walk awhile and you come to a cross canyon. This is were you will find the lead climbs. There are three to four good climbs the hardest one being about 5.10a.
This is a place for a good adventure. Just bring plenty of water, and watch out for the stinging nettles.
If you need more information on how to find this place, drop me an e mail.
mmm
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Here are two fun little bolders I just found the other day I'm sure they've been done a million times though.
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Heyzeus
climber
Hollywood,Ca
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Just got back from up there, it's HOT!!!!!!!
Getting down the creek looks harder than before the fire. I did not try, only walked through the old CG and down the creek a ways. I'm not sure but it looks like that Poodle Bush stuff is everywhere, and I don't want to go near that stuff. I could be mis-identifying it though.
6 or 7 years ago I tried real hard to find some climbing in Adler Creek after being shown a topo. I went down there two times, found an old pin or two and some 5.8ish looking crack, but never found the main wall that was in the topo.Long time ago now, but as I remember there were a few .11's on the wall I was looking for.If you guys do a fall clean-up I might show up just to see where some of them climbs are.
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Baldy Boulders. A true obscurity...
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10b4me
Ice climber
Happy Boulders
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Tobin was pretty active in Alder Creek bitd also. last time I was there was six or seven years ago doing some aid climbing. the sandy bottoms were still there.
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RtM
climber
DHS
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I have had the opportunity of bouldering Baldy alot in years past. Surreal glassy rock, the v8's look like they would be 5.8
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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All of the stuff in the Hunk Guide (except The Beach).
Buffalo Chip,
5 Minute Crag
Orange Boulders
Black Star Boulder
All about as obscure as it gets and still having a tiny modicum of climbability.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Mt. Pacifico a long time ago:
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2011 - 01:14pm PT
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Wow! this thread really rose from the dead.
Funny that with all the climbing I have done in Angeles Crest, Williamson, Pacifico, North Face of Straberry Creek and stuff around Twin Peaks, I never got around to Alder Creek except to Kayak a few miles of it before it enters Big Tujunga Creek. How far up the creek is the climbing?
Muir,
The shot of the San Dimas overpass brings back memories. I climbed there with Troy and Curt Lyons. It got kinda loud when the trains went by but it was still fun. We got rained off the Vampire one day and went back to San Dimas and climbed the underpass, sucked after climbing on smooth white granite but it was still climbing.
How about the 210fwy overpass? Those were some fun routes.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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4th of July - 1 hour from Ventura...
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Is Sespe Gorge considered obscure? I don't know. Maybe. Fun though.
Also, didn't the Buffalo Chip get demolished by a housing development? I remember hitting that a couple of times en route to the Beach before all the new homes, which is kind of the history of that area unfortunately.
I just went to Baldy on Sunday with the intent of bouldering, but it was so hot I hit the gym and hiked instead.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Mtn bikers had a bunch of run-ins with him, if I am not mistaken. Me being one of them. I didn't see any shotgun, but I was approached by some shaggy looking dude in a battered pickup with a couple of angry looking dogs in the back. I think he was disappointed I didn't turn around and he didn't hassle me, but it does give the area a weird vibe.
It's a shame. A nice mt. bike ride to a nice looking boulder.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Johnny K.
climber
Southern California
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Most of the larger baldy boulders that are on the bouldering circuit from back in the day behind the school are slathered and covered in axle grease.Along with vulgar anti climbing phrases graffitied all over them.It is a shame.(Private property owners)
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Most of the larger baldy boulders that are on the bouldering circuit from back in the day behind the school are slathered and covered in axle grease.Along with vulgar anti climbing phrases graffitied all over them.It is a shame.(Private property owners) Jeez. What morons. Defacing their own property to dissuade others from entering onto it. Real smart.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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Pud, what are we looking at there?
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Here's a few not so obscure spots
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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I gotchur obscur right here:
Wildwood Pebble - Burbank
J. Paul Pebble - Malibu
Griffith Park - Old Zoo bouldering
Arroyo Seco boulder at the first bridge past the houses.
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