BETA PHOTO: Photo of Roadside Crag, on Hwy-33 above Ojai. The...
Description
Long, sandstone cliff-band that starts immediately above Hwy-33 and runs a few hundred yards north west. The cliff is 60-100 feet tall and consists of areas of bullet-proof sandstone (and other areas of choss).
This beautiful cliff-band looms large over Hwy-33 and absolutely screams to be climbed. Clearly, there has been activity going back at least 20 years.
If you have any information about what routes were established, about who did these first ascents and when, please post this information here.
There is clear evidence of recent and past climbing attempts; although, nothing is currently known about actual routes. PLEASE POST INFORMATION HERE.
Two more hard routes have been added to the left of "Exilis." Both FAs were by Matt Greco. The routes are 5.11 (left-hand route) and 5.12. They are both located in Area A
Roadside Crag is located on the right-hand side of the road, when heading north and approximately 1 mile beyond the obvious turnout for the Fortress. The crag can also be found by driving to the Potrero Creek trailhead and then continuing up the Highway for approximately 1/2 mile. There is a small turnout located immediately below the cliff.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Derrydale Cliff:
By Matthew Fienup Administrator From: Ventura, CA Jul 25, 2009 CONDITION REPORT
Even during the hottest days of summer (today it was 95-degrees at the crag), Derrydale stays in the shade until about 1pm. It was downright pleasant...until 1pm.
Stuart Ruckman bolted a line, or two, but never climbed them. These are a way up from the road. They are rumored to be hard, and Stuart could climb a little bit.
Next to the road there is a bolt or two. I could never find out any info on this and never felt it was worth too much attention. Pretty, yes, but also pretty thin on suspect rock. But if I had lived a little closer it would have been worth a bit more effort...
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