Sanctuary Rock Gym: Gallery - At the Crags
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Welcome to the Sanctuary Rock Gym Outdoor Photo Gallery. You'll find images of gym personalities and patrons enjoying some of the local crags (local meaning within a day's drive of the Monterey Penninsula).

Table of Contents:
  • Big Chief, Lake Tahoe Area
  • Castle Rock, CA
  • Clark's Canyon
  • Donner Summit
  • Druid Stones, Bishop CA
  • Happy Boulders, Bishop CA
  • Joe's Valley, Utah
  • Ninety-Foot Wall, Lake Tahoe Area
  • Owen's River Gorge
  • Pacific Coast - Central California
  • Pinnacles National Monument: Overview
  • Pinnacles National Monument: Monolith Area
  • Pinnacles National Monument: The Backdoor Area
  • Pinnacles National Monument: Discovery Wall
  • Red Rocks, Nevada
  • Tuolomne Meadows, Yosemite National Park
  • Yosemite National Park

  • Pinnacles National Monument: The Backdoor Area

    Auto Cream (a.k.a. Sunwheel) (5.11a **)
    The hardest climb on the face, Auto Cream is a thin, balancy, slightly overhanging climb that is well worth doing. Check out the animations page for an animated sequence of this climb.
    Climber - Steve Graham, photo by Kevin Jones

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    Auto Cream a.k.a. Sunwheel (5.11a **)
    Working through the first two bolts is pretty easy, the real fun starts just after the second bolt.
    Climber - Brian Popovitch, photo by Michelle Popovitch


    Mr. Hugh G. Rection (5.8)
    A nice 5.8 crack climb. While the route is quite short, a wide range of pieces is needed (Camalot 0.5 to 4) to protect the route. The fat pieces are needed at the top, and without them, you may as well boulder the route (speaking from personal experience).
    Climber - Michelle Popovitch, photo by Brian Popovitch.

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    Mr. Hugh G. Rection (5.8)
    The face has 4 climbs, a 5.8, 5.9, 5-10d and 5-11a, of which this is the easiest. The wall requires either a repel-in/climb-out access, or a fairly treacherous approach through the poison oak. This is the easiest way out.
    Climber - Melanie Lerner, photo by Kevin Jones.


    Limp at Last (5.9*)
    The left-most climb on the face, this is a pretty easy 5.9 lead. Be careful with the flake in the spring or after a rain. It gets a little smaller each year.
    Climber - Steve Graham, photo by Kevin Jones.

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    Limp at Last (5.9*)
    Evan works the undercling near the top during his first outdoor climbing experience.
    Climber - Evan (?), photo by Kevin Jones.


    Fringe Dweller (5.11b **)
    At the other side of the Backdoor, Fringe Dweller climbs out over the bat-caves. Across from it, an unknown climber works on Ranger Bolts (5.13a).
    Climber - Chris Martell, photo by Kevin Jones.

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