(o) Right of the Escalator
Right of the Escalator in California has 17 routes with 10 difficulty grades, offering sport and trad climbing.
Photo: HikingMike, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 17 routes
- 5.7 – 5.11d
- Trad · Sport
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Safety Alert - Falling Rocks at Bonita Falls
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Right of the Escalator is a climbing area in the San Jacinto Wilderness, part of the San Jacinto Ranger District of San Bernardino National Forest in California. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits within designated wilderness. The climbing here is all trad, with 16 traditional routes and one sport route among the 17 listed. Grades run from 5.7 up to 5.11d, with the median at 5.10a. Some of the named routes include Philocetes' Bow at 5.7, Graceland at 5.11d, and The Jackal at 5.10c, which was first climbed in November 1971 by Marty Kaeser, Phil Warrender, Jon Lonnie and T. Emerson. Several other climbing areas and hikes lie within a short distance. Smooth Sole Wall - Left Side and (s) Tiny Pillars are each about 0.1 mile away, and Suicide Rock is a hike at a similar distance. Fern Basin campground is about 2.7 miles off.
Routes (17)
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