California

Climbing / Hiking / Flying Trip Reports

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This page provides links to my climbing trip reports in California. Drawn by the the splitter granite cracks and stable weather, I've made several road trips to California over the years, climbing in Yosemite, Tuolumne, the High Sierra, Whitney Portal, Tahoe area, the Needles, Joshua Tree, and the South Cascades. 

You can access the trip reports by clicking on the interactive map below or scrolling to the list below that.

Trip Report Navigation Option 1: 

Clickable Map

Click on the locations on the map to go to a trip report.

New version using Google maps:
Icon key:
Technical summit
Nontechncal summit
Cragging (Multi- or single-pitch)
Hike
Lookout
Lake
Bike trip
Kayak trip
Aerial photography
Photography
Old version using Photoshop (still updated, but no longer clickable): 
Trip Report Navigation Option 2: 

Alphabetical List by Area

Click on the dated links in the right column to go to a trip report.

Joshua Tree National Park

Summit/Area
Route
Date/Link

WINTER BREAK 2016 (5.5 DAYS AND 40+ CLIMBS)

WINTER BREAK 2017 (CLIMBING WITH MY SISTER, 5 DAYS AND 30+ CLIMBS)

WINTER BREAK 2024 (CLIMBING WITH MY SISTER, 6 DAYS AND 28+ CLIMBS)

The Needles

Map of Needles I put together when planning my 2017 trip there.
Click here to open larger image file.
Summit/Area
Route
Date/Link

THE CHARLATAN

DOME ROCK

HERMIT SPIRE

THE NECROMANCER

THE SORCERER

THE WARLOCK

THE WITCH

THE WIZARD

Sierra

Summit/Area
Route
Date/Link
(Alpine) Climbs

BEAR CREEK SPIRE

CARDINAL PINNACLE

CHARLOTTE DOME

CLYDE MINARET

MT. CONNESS

MT. GOODE

INCREDIBLE HULK

KEELER NEEDLE

LONE PINE PEAK

MERRIAM PEAK

NORMAN CLYDE PEAK

OUTGUARD SPIRE

PALISADE CREST

MT. RITTER

ROSY FINCH PEAK

MT. RUSSELL

SPLIT MOUNTAIN

TEMPLE CRAG

THIRD PILLAR OF DANA

MT. WHITNEY

WHITNEY PORTAL

EL SEGUNDO BUTTRESS

PREMIER BUTTRESS

WHITNEY PORTAL BUTTRESS

  1. Various pitches: Ghostrider P1 (5.9, 1p), Tanager P1 (5.10b, 1p), No Country for Old Men P1-P4 (5.10c, 4p)

THE WHALE

Multi-Day/Peak Expeditions 

EVOLUTION TRAVERSE

JOHN MUIR TRAIL

PALISADE TRAVERSE

"TOUR DE PALISADES"

Cragging

ALABAMA HILLS

PATRICIA BOWL

PINE CREEK CANYON

South Cascades

Summit/Area
Route
Date/Link
Aerial Adventure

CASCADE VOLCANOS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY TOUR  (WINTER CONDITIONS)

Alpine Climbs

MT. SHASTA

Tahoe Area

Summit/Area
Route
Date/Link

5 DAYS AT LOVER'S LEAP (10 ROUTES)

10 Routes:

  1. Surrealistic Pillar (w/ Direct start) (5.10b, 2-3p, 270')
  2. Traveler Buttress (5.9, 4p, 500')
  3. The Line (5.9, 2-3p, 400')
  4. Eagle Buttress, Right (5.10a, 4-5p, 600')
  5. Hospital Corner (5.10a, 2p, 240')
  6. Vanishing Point (5.10b, 2p+, 250')
  7. Tombstone Terror (5.10c, 1-2p, 80-160')
  8. Eeyore's Enigma (5.10, 4p, 500')
  9. Scimitar (5.9R, 3p, 300')
  10. Fantasia (5.9R, 3p, 300')

1-10. Aug'15

Tuolumne

Summit/Area
Route
Date/Link
Climbs

CATHEDRAL PEAK

COCKSCOMB

DAFF DOME

DRUG DOME

ECHO PEAKS

EICHORN PINNACLE

FAIRVIEW DOME

LAMB DOME

LEMBERT DOME

MARIUOLUMNE DOME

MATTHES CREST

MOUNTAINEERS DOME

PHOBOS/DEIMOS CLIFF

PYWIACK DOME

TENAYA PEAK

UNICORN PEAK

Multi-Peak Expeditions 

"CATHEDRAL TRAVERSE"

"TMC LINKUP"

Yosemite

Summit/Area
Route
Date/Link

ARCH ROCK

1-2. Jun'07

CHAPEL WALL

CHURCH BOWL

Bishop's Terrace (5.8, 1p, 195'), Church Bowl Lieback (5.8, 1p, 130'), Pole Position (5.10a, 1p, 130')

EL CAPITAN

Pine Line, La Cosita Left, La Cosita Right, Sacherer Cracker, Moby Dick, Little John Left

FIFI BUTTRESS

FIVE OPEN BOOKS

1-2. Jun'17

HALF DOME

HIGHER CATHEDRAL ROCK

HIGHER CATHEDRAL SPIRE

JERICHO WALL

LIBERTY CAP

LOWER BROTHER

1-2. Jun'17

MANURE PILE BUTTRESS

MIDDLE CATHEDRAL ROCK

Pee Pee Pillar Left (5.7, 1p), Pee Pee Pillar Right (5.10a, 1p), Unknown Corner (5.7, 1p), Unknown Slab (5.11c, 1p), Bircheff-Williams P1 (5.11d, 1p)

PUBLIC SANITATION WALL

Afterburner 5.11c, 1p), Sanitary Engineer (5.10c/d, 1p), Unknown but Super Fun (5.11c, 1p)

REED'S PINNACLE AREA

Reed's Pinnacle Direct (5.10a, 3p, 300'), Bong's Away, Left (5.8, 1p, 90'), Lunatic Fringe (5.10c, 1p, 140'), Stone Groove (5.10b, 1p, 80')

RIBBON FALLS AMPITHEATER

THE ROSTRUM

ROYAL ARCHES AREA

SCHULTZ'S RIDGE

SENTINEL