Silverback

Pollock Pines, California

California

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  • Inside Eldorado National Forest

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  • No access route mapped

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About this route

One of five boulder problems catalogued at Loon Lake, this climb sits at the lower end of the grade range established across Gorilla Rock.

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Loon Lake — the crag this route is on
Loon Lake, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: UncleVinny, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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