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DescriptionLone Pine plays host to some fine micro routes, as well as some longer routes up in the Mt Whitney area of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Getting ThereLone pine straddles the 395, 50 minutes south of Bishop, and about 3 hours north of Los Angeles. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Whitney/Lone Pine Area:
Rotten Bananas 5.7 Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet Alabama Hills : The Tall Wall
Leonosphere 5.8 Sport, 60 feet Western Wall Area : Hoodgie Wall
Coral Sea Adventure 5.8 Sport Alabama Hills : The Shark's Fin
Ankles Away 5.8 Sport, 80 feet Western Wall Area : Hoodgie Wall
Tanager (aka "5.11 Crack") 5.10b Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Whitney Portal : Whitney Portal Buttress
Ghostrider 5.10c Trad, Sport, 8 pitches, 800 feet, Grade IV Whitney Portal : Whitney Portal Buttress
Bony Fingers 5.11b R Trad, 2 pitches, 300 feet Whitney Portal : The Whale
Featured Route For Whitney/Lone Pine Area
Bony Fingers 5.11b R CA : Sierra Eastside : ... : The Whale
Bony Fingers features an incredible 90m finger crack! If it weren't for the knobs, this steep, beautiful splitter would be 5.12 instead of 5.9. Located on "The Whale", approach by turning off of the main road to the right on a dirt road a little ways before the main road ends. This can only be followed for about 100 feet before a gate. Park here. Hike past the gate towards the east until the road appears to sharply switchback up and left (ba...[more] Browse More Classics in CA
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