Morro Rock Climbing
Elevation: | 500 ft |
GPS: |
35.36975, -120.86826 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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Shared By: | Kristin McNamara Horowitz on Mar 8, 2004 · Updates |
Admins: | andy patterson, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
Description
This is the large rock (576') in the bay in Morro Bay. It used to be a lot larger, but one-half of Morro Rock was quarried to create the breakwater and the causeway that connects Morro Rock to the mainland, as Morro Rock was once an island. 1.5 million tons of dacite was removed. Though it sports many appealing lines, numerous climbers have been killed in the past, and it is a confirmed home to nesting peregrine falcons, making it off limits to climbers.
It is one of the Nine Sisters or the Morros (which include Morro Rock, Cabrillo Peak, Black Hill, Hollister Peak, Cerro Romauldo, Chumash Peak, Bishop Peak - 1559', San Luis Peak, and Ishlay Hill) that are a chain of volcanic mountains of San Luis Obispo County of Central California. The rock type is primarily dacite, a rock of volcanic origin.
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