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Any information on the Cave of Munits?

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River Simard · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined Jan 2020 · Points: 0

I went on a hike to the cave of Munits in El Escorpio State Park today. I noticed a lot of bolted routes within the cave today but it was hard to tell if they were bomber or not due to the lighting. I found one video from 2016 of people climbing there, but I was wondering if there is any more information on the safety, the legality of climbing there, and maybe some of the grades of the routes there. Thanks!

Sam Cieply · · Venice, CA · Joined Jun 2016 · Points: 25
Lincoln S · · Goleta · Joined Jan 2019 · Points: 287

It says not allowed on rockclimbing.com, but that's the only place I can find that says that. None of the .gov sites, alltrails, etc say anything about not being allowed to go into the cave

Oscar Quinteros · · San Fernando Valley · Joined May 2019 · Points: 0

I was gonna go climb there. But my belayer was scared.

Gerry Egbalic · · Vanlife · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 30

It's off limits out of respect to the local tribe that uses for ceremony.

Oscar Quinteros · · San Fernando Valley · Joined May 2019 · Points: 0
Gerry Egbalic wrote:

It's off limits out of respect to the local tribe that uses for ceremony.

Can you share more information on this. Please and thank you.

Mike Toffey · · Yosemite/Lone Pine, CA · Joined Jun 2019 · Points: 6,917

Castle Peak was used for ceremonies not Cave of Munits as far as I can find online. Was out there today. Definitely no restrictions on access. Wide open but bring a trash bag to take out some of the trash if you go climb here. This area fills with city ppl scrambling on the weekends.

Mike Toffey · · Yosemite/Lone Pine, CA · Joined Jun 2019 · Points: 6,917

On another note we saw at least 6 newer bolted routes to newer anchors and a few more with iffy looking bolts and rusted shuts at the top. Brand new quickdraws on the 4th or 5th bolts from recent bails on 2 of the routes in the first chamber.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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