hey gang,


we will be camping in Onion Valley next weekend and would like to know if anyone knows of any TR climbing that can be done off the Kearsarge Pass trail, also is anyone familiar with the crags in the photo which is also in Onion Valley??

You are looking at University Peak; the page may have something but nothing I'm aware of.

University's routes are shorter than they look; mostly 2-4 pitches grades 1 & 2. No idea about TR in that area but there's certainly a lot of rock so something should be manageable. The scramble and spicy finish on Dragon peak to the east out of Onion is great too

Stringlord, good call coming to this site for Sierra info.

As I told Stringlord on another site, there's a Becky route on the north side of Univeristy, which I remember because I've always had that 'wow' kind of moment when you see the north side of University Peak from the trail. However, my recollection was that the guidebook said it was a grade III.

is anyone familiar with the access to the top of Playhouse Rock to set up TR anchors, is the access to the top
sketchy? Also is there good placements for setting up the anchors for TR?


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Another vote for Dragon...see my profile pic.

can anyone tell me what the access to the top of Playhouse Rock rock is like, also are there good placements on top for setting up TR anchors?

Stringlord wrote:can anyone tell me what the access to the top of Playhouse Rock rock is like, also are there good placements on top for setting up TR anchors?

I seem to remember Playhouse Rock having a Class 3 down-climb that was pretty straight forward. Pretty sure it is fairly regularly TR'd so placements, natural anchors, etc must be somewhat plentiful.