BAY AREA TOP ROPES is out! and coming soon BAY AREA CLIMBING by SUPERTOPO

• BAY AREA TOP ROPES is out now! and coming out this fall 2010 BAY AREA CLIMBING! Bay Area Top Ropes is great for anyone into local top roping but it's also an introduction type guidebook great for an inexperienced or first time guidebook user. It has a small instructional/philosophy section as well as some select bouldering and lead climbing info to supplement the super-thorough Supertopo guide to all the best top rope areas in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. If you want the most up to date lead climbing info for the Bay Area you will have to wait for BAY AREA CLIMBING or if you want Bay Area Bouldering info you will need BAY AREA BOULDERING which is already for sale online or at a mountain shop or rock gym near you - all by SUPERTOPO!!

PHOTO = Chuck B on-sight flashes 2nd ascent(!?) of "Eagle Feather" aka "Hard To Swallow (5.12a) on Swallow Rock near Dos Rios at the Eel River!

{{This area and many new/old areas like it from the out of print Wine Country Rocks guidebook are in Bay Area Top Ropes and even more will be in Bay Area Climbing!}}

BAY AREA TOP ROPES by SUPERTOPO

Bay Area Top Ropes - THE guidebook to all the best top rope rocks in and around the San Francisco Bay Area! Some lead climbing and bouldering info is also included as well as a small instructional section with some technique and theory/philosophy.

Coming May 17th from SUPERTOPO!!

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Salt Point

Between a Rock and a
Hard Place V6

Vise Grip V4

Nautilus 5.11a

Rosey Palm 5.10fa!

The Cheese 5.9fa!

Dynamite Cave

Not even sure if the cave was made with dynamite or some other mining technique but the name sounded cool - "The Dynamite Cave" right to left;

- Why Ask Why V2 low traverse up left into Dynamite Crack

- Dynamite Crack V1 sit or stand short jam crack with awkward corner top out (beware of choss)

- Dynamite Cave V3/4 start low and left of Dynamite Crack and diagonal traverse up right into the crack to finish (loose/hollow holds at start and finish - not recomended unless desperate ;)

*Mt St Helena above The Quarry and just below the dirt road on a side trail with a sweet viewpoint!

if u dont know now you know - Super Slab

The classic sloper rail traverse "Abalone" v7 at the often overlooked Super Slab, Jenner.

Climber; Andrew Zaslove

Mt St Helena, Far Side -fixer upper/f.a.'r!

Great Job Jerry, Harrison, Moji and Ken!!!! delicious lunch Moji! awesome synchronistic meeting and sending Eric! and a Special Thanks to Greg Barnes and the ASCA for all the help!!

So far we fixed bolts on top of Shute Mills, The Chief and Feelin Your Oats as well as the smashed lead bolts/hangers on Feelin Your Oats.


*we also put up a few great "new" routes - some of the best are;

"Cereal Killer" 5.9 4 bolts {JD lead fa)
(left of Feelin Your Oats)

"Synchronicity" 5.11 3 bolts {CS lead fa)
(back of spire above Chief)

MSH Far Side -fixer upper/f.a.'r!