Owl Tor

Paul on Hell 5.12, Owl Tor. Photo Tom Slater

Description 

The sportsman's paradise of the central coast. Steep burly routes of a manufactured nature on a fairly blank but very overhanging wall. The most purely physical climbing on the West Coast, Owl Tor has about a dozen route from 5.12 to 5.15. There is an 11d warm-up, but everyone calls it a sandbag.

Getting There 

Turn off hwy 166 at Rock Front Ranch and park on the left where the road forks (left fork goes uphill). Follow a trail off left for about 3 minutes.

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