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Auburn Cliffs Open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays till Sundown! MORE INFO >>> We are pleased to announce the successful completion of the fundraising campaign to open Auburn Quarry outside of Sacramento, California. The climbing community responded quickly and generously to raise $9,520 to provide critical services and put CRAGS in a position to restore climbing access at Auburn Quarry! A special thanks to all of the individual donors and local businesses, including Planet Granite, Sacramento Pipeworks, and Stoneage Climbing Holds for generously responding to the call for help. Opening day is Friday Sept. 27 and climbing is allowed every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday till Sundown! We ask that you please respect the current hours of operation and hope that the cliff will be open year round in the future. Stay tuned for updates at www.norcalcrags.org. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

BETA PHOTO: Scale Wall on a frosty winter day.

Description 

This colorful and featured limestone rock lives up to it's name. The rock was ground down by some sort of mining, and now contains many features that are definately not natural. Provided that you get over that, some of the routes on this wall are quite fun!

Ranging in height from 40 feet to 70 feet, there are routes ranging from 5.7 to 5.11, most of them sustained. All routes are bolted, but if you enjoy cheating death, you can also lead many of the limestone routes using protection. Some of the rock is still quite loose, so double and triple check any and all placements.

Getting There 

Estimated time from the parking lot: 20 minutes.

From the entrance to the Auburn Cliffs Valley, this is the rock on your immediate left that looks like it's been devoured by a huge machine.

The Classics

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Unknown 5.10c  CA : Sierra Foothills North : ... : Scale Wall

Climb the second route from the right on the Scale wall, just to the left of Landslide (5.8). Climbing is sustained up the crack, keep moving so you don't run out of gas! Well protected, though still dirty in the top sections.The top of the route is considerably simpler, but you've got 45 feet of traversy crack before you get there!...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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the most fun route on the scale wall, very easy bu...	you will find interesting features on this rock	scale wall
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