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Buttermilk Crags.
Photo by Blitzo.

Description 

These are the crags on the hill to the north of the main bouldering area. The 'Frontside Crags' are closest to the Frontside parking. Here you will find Wrangler Rock, The Dune, Skin Diver, Wall of 21 Cracks and Surveyor Rock.

'Picnic Valley' is to the north of the top of the hill. The Owl, South Mt. Klieforth and The Slab are in this area.

The Windy Wall and other crags lie to the west.

Getting There 

The Frontside Crags are easily approached by the trail from Frontside parking or the old jeep trail.
Windy Wall and Wavelength Wall are best approached from Backside parking.

The Classics

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Awesome overhung huecos on the far right side of the Windy Wall. Runout after 3rd bolt, with only some thin, questionable pro protecting the final roof/bulge. The anchor used to be a huge pile of webbing around a giant horn, but it was very ugly and visible even from the parking area. We removed the eyesore old anchor and replaced it with a 2-bolt anchor with mussy hooks, and replaced the upper two bolts (the first had been replaced earlier)....[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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Sierras from the top of the crags. Photo by Blitzo...	White Mountains from near The Buttermilk Crags. Du...	Doug Robinson posing in the same place as Smoke wh...
The buttermilks	Mitch Musci at the Windy Wall	Picnic Valley. Photo by Blitzo.
Buttermilk Crags. Photo by Blitzo.	Windy Wall. Photo by Blitzo.	South Mt. Klieforth. Photo by Blitzo.
The Owl-West and South faces. Photo by Blitzo.	Skin Diver-early morning. Photo by Blitzo.	Crags sunrise. Photo by Blitzo.
Wavelength area. Photo by Blitzo.	Y Boulder. Photo by Blitzo