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Central Gorge Rock Climbing

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Areas in Central Gorge

Alien Wall 9

Attila the Hun Wall 8

Banana Belt 23

Early Riser area 4

Emergency Room 8

Faulty Tower 25

Great Wall of China 41

Health Club 18

High Tension Towers 13

Mystical Tricks Cliff 9

Player's Club 14

Pub Wall 17

Raven Ledge 5

Riverside Island 17

Roadside Boulders 4

Shaded Wall 2

Social Platform 20

Solarium 18

Soul Power Wall (rename approved by LCO) 26

Stockade, The 5

Upper Crust 9

Warm Up Wall 11

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Access Issue: Bridges Out! IMPORTANT LADWP NEGOTIATIONS!! Details

Due to liability concerns, bridges are being removed in the Owens River Gorge at the request of LADWP. The Bishop Area Climbers Coalition and the Access Fund are currently in negotiations with LADWP to get this issue resolved. In the meantime, please continue to be good land stewards by respecting these bridge closures and finding alternate crossing points until this issue is resolved.

1) Never park or camp overnight at the access points.
2) Always park off the pavement, taking great care to avoid blocking the gates.
3) Clean up after your dogs. (Local climbers are finding abandoned doggie poop bags.)
4) Pack out all trash and TP, including picking up after others.
5) Use the outhouses if at all possible.

Description

Definitely the most popular area of the gorge. The Warm Up wall, the Pub, the Social Platform and the Great Wall of China are all here and almost always crowded. These areas feature tons of well traveled 5.8 - 5.11 sport climbs. The climbs highly concentrated so its possible to knock out tons of pitches in a day. There is a toilet located at the base of the approach trail. Please use it.

Getting There

Park at the Central area and hike down the steep 2nd and 3rd class gully to the dirt road. Be careful not to knock rocks off since the Pub wall is directly below the upper part of the trail.

306 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Central Gorge

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13 140 ● Son of Belayer Slayer Sport Pub Wall
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 129 ● Makayla Sport Banana Belt
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R 192 ● Sendero Luminoso Sport Solarium
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 352 ● Hardly Wallbanger Sport Pub Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 244 ● Yellow Peril Sport Great Wall of China
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 166 ● Light Within Sport Pub Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 84 ● [Redacted] Sport Emergency Room
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 136 ● Pocket Dance Sport Banana Belt
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 139 ● Love Stinks Sport Banana Belt
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 236 ● Expressway Sport Upper Crust
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 194 ● Hungover Sport Pub Wall
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 152 ● Lalaland Sport Faulty Tower
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 187 ● From Chocolate to Morphine Sport Faulty Tower
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 93 ● Black Hole Sport Solarium
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 98 ● Darshan (aka Ripoff) Sport Upper Crust