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Evan on the 35' west face of the Merlin Block near...

Description 

Where the high desert meets the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. It's home to the mighty and expansive Owens Valley, the deepest in the lower 48, and one of the only known super volcanoes on the planet: The Long Valley Caldera, just south of Mammoth. The vistas are astounding, the weather is prime and the climbing is even better.

The Eastside offers an almost incomprehensible amount of clean, climbable rock, including sport climbing at Owens River Gorge and Clark Canyon, bouldering in the Buttermilks and Happy Boulders, and alpine climbing on 14,000' granite peaks. On rest days, soak your sore muscles and relax in the numerous natural hot springs... could this be paradise??

Twin Lakes and Sawtooth Ridge. Photo by Blitzo. Submitted By: Blitzo on Nov 22, 2006

Getting There 

From Los Angeles, head north on Hwy 14 through the desert towns of Palmdale, Lancaster, and Mojave to join Hwy 395. The scenic 395 parallels the eastern Sierra through the Owens Valley from the L.A. basin to Reno. Lone Pine is the first "major" town (pop. 1,655) en route, and is the jumping off point for Mt. Whitney and other popular destinations in the John Muir Wilderness (see High Sierra section). 60 miles north is the town of Bishop (pop. 3,575). Bishop was home of the late, renowned climber/photographer Galen Rowell, who, along with his wife Barbara, was killed August 11, 2002 in a small plane crash outside town. Rowell's gallery, the Mountain Light, is located at 106 South Main Street in downtown Bishop.

First winter snows on Bear Creek Spire at sunrise Submitted By: Euan Cameron on Oct 25, 2008

The Classics

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Wild Will's Arete 5.8  CA : Sierra Eastside : ... : Area 13 - Left Side

A bit of face climbing leads up to the arete. Follow the arete up past an intermediate anchor, a corner and finally up the exposed upper arete. Long and fun. Can be done in two pitches or rappel in two rappels if you don't have a 70m rope....[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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Mary Devore coming up on the crux of www.mo...	Sunrise and cloud belt on the Wheeler Crest, Bisho...	BETA PHOTO: Lone Pine Peak, Whitney, and Mt. Russell, Sierra E...
Mammoth Lakes Basin from the base of Crystal Crag ...	The ephemeral and mysterious Sierra Wave (Altocumu...	Buttermilk Country. Photo by Blitzo.
Scott Nomi on the immaculate Sheila (5.10a)	Obsidian Dome, Sierra Eastside	Blazing Star. Photo by Blitzo.
Mono Lake-storm. Photo by Blitzo.	Buttermilk Country. Photo by Blitzo.	A narrow portion of road heading to the Ancient Br...
Sierra Eastside storm. Photo by Blitzo.	Buttermilk Country. Photo by Blitzo.	Mono Craters. Photo by Blitzo.
Sunset near Bishop. Photo by Blitzo.	Lenticular over White Mountains. Photo by Blitzo.	Spring comes to the East-Side. Desert Peach. Photo...
Red Mountain moonrise. Photo by Blitzo.	Cardinal Pinnacle. Photo by Blitzo.	Mono Lake sunrise. Photo by Blitzo.
Twin Lakes and Sawtooth Ridge. Photo by Blitzo.	Get Right With God Crack, 1980s. Photo: Blitzo col...	Fall color-Sierra Eastside. Photo by Blitzo.
Bodie- The wildest town in the west. Photo by Blit...	Sierra moonrise. Photo by Blitzo.	Spiders from Mars (5.10b) with the White Mountains...
Bouldering at Faultline. Photo by Blitzo.	Eastern Sierra in early Spring.	Basin and White Mountains, early Spring.
Interesting topography East of Mono Lake, Eastern ...	Mono Lake, early Spring.	Lone Pine Skyline
The enormous Mt. Tom, from the Sherwin Plateau.	Basin Mountain from the Buttermilks, Sierra Eastsi...	Mono Lake tufa.
Nasty	Dave at the Buttermkilks	Elderberry Canyon and the Northeast Face of Mt. To...
Local bands play at Mill Creek, Bishop. Photo by B...	Alabama Hills-Morning. Photo by Blitzo.	Mono Craters, Sierra Eastside
Don't forget to zip your pack. A furry friend in t...	Big Bowls. Eastside White Mountain Peak.	Four foot long garter snake. This guy looked well ...
on the way to take a dip in some hot springs... pa...	Bouldering at Deadman's Summit. Sierra Eastside.	Volcanic pocket bouldering at Deadman's Summit. ph...
The Sierra Crest, near Independence, California.	Matt Grieger relaxes in a pullout overlooking Hwy-...	Spring glaze on Mt. Humphreys, 13,986 ft, Bishop a...
Mammillary clouds over the east side of the White ...	Penstemon and White Mountain peak as viewed from t...	Bristlecone Pine in the White Mountains, Sierra Ea...
Eastside panorama. Photo by Blitzo.	Tulayno Lake: one of the highest lakes in the Sier...	The passing of Fall, McGeeCreek. Photo by Blitzo.
Mt. Williamson (14,389 ft.) rising up from the Owe...	sunrise on first snow near Gould	Try Mammoth Brewing IPA 395, brewed with juniper b...
Owens Valley and Eastern Sierra from Bishop	Storm-Alabama Hills. Photo by Blitzo.	Alabama Hills-Cattle Pocket. Photo by Blitzo.
Winnedumah Paiute Monument - route heads up the ar...	Fort Independence Casino and gas. Cheapest gas on ...	Manzanar guard tower and Mt. Williamson. Photo by ...
Aspens in the snow. East side of the White Mountai...	Crystal Geyser Crags. Photo by Blitzo.	Mono Lake from 35,000ft.
Get Right With God.	From 1927 to 2011....	Sunset on the east side of White Mtn. Peak from my...
Sierra Eastside	Alpenglow on the Sawtooth Ridge above Twin Lakes	IRONMAN TRAVERSE/ V4
Whitecaps on Mono Lake on a very windy day.