Climbing Near Dunsmuir, California

This is a good crag but is seldom climbed. For beta check out Grover Shipman's Mt Shasta Area Rock Climbing (2013). This area is visible from the highway. From I-5 take Exit 730 and go into Dunsmuir Ave. in a fourth of a mile turn onto a dirt road. This road goes to a ball park. Before you reach the ball park there will be a pullout (park here). Walk southwest up a road to a locked gate. Then turn uphill on a faint climber trail.

Roadside attraction. Basaltic columns with a seasonal waterfall. Hard looking starts. A seasonal waterfall courses right of most lines. Very short walk from parking lot. Worth checking out on evening before or after a Castle Crags expedition for an out-of-towner. Most locals rarely climb here. Nice setting though. Claim to fame: Supposedly Yates put-up one of the bolted lines here. Ask around in Dunsmuir California. Just off the west side of I-5. North of Castle Crags

This trad dome feels of the Sierra, though it's in the Cascades. At about 1,000 feet tall, there are routes for climbers of all abilities on all sides of the rock. The climbing and rock are in some cases excellent, and in other cases quite terrifying.All routes decend via the hiking trail, which is a 15 minute third class scramble down some frictiony surfaces on the West side of the rock heading back to the observation deck.There are no access issues, and you can camp close by if you don't feel like making the trek back to the car at night. Hike the VERY long and steadily uphill Castle Crags path from the Vista Point parking area. Hike 2.7 miles to the observation deck, and the west face of the rock will be in front of you in all it's glory. Many routes start on the other side of the rock, and there are many approaches and strategies to getting to those.