California · Rock climbing · Dunsmuir

Super Crack Spire

Super Crack Spire in California offers 10 climbing routes across 7 grades, available in sport and trad styles.

Super Crack SpirePhoto: theforestprimeval, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
10 routes
5.6 – 5.12a
Trad · Sport

Is Super Crack Spire open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Shasta-Trinity National Forest. It doesn't name Super Crack Spire, so check the source for the area it covers (2 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Super Crack Spire

Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

  1. Jan

    44° / 27°

    13 wet

  2. Feb

    48° / 28°

    12 wet

  3. Mar

    53° / 31°

    13 wet

  4. Apr

    59° / 34°

    11 wet

  5. May

    68° / 40°

    9 wet

  6. Jun

    76° / 46°

    5 wet

  7. Jul

    85° / 51°

    2 wet

  8. Aug

    84° / 49°

    2 wet

  9. Sep

    78° / 44°

    3 wet

  10. Oct

    64° / 38°

    6 wet

  11. Nov

    50° / 31°

    11 wet

  12. Dec

    43° / 27°

    13 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Mt Shasta, CA, 10.7 mi away at 3,613 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Super Crack Spire is a climbing area in the Castle Crags Wilderness, part of the Mt. Shasta Ranger District of Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California. The Forest Service manages the land, and the spire sits within a cluster of climbing and hiking destinations. The area is a compact hub of rock and trail. Indian Springs Canyon and Pin Cushion Wall both lie about 0.1 mile away, and Castle Dome is about 0.2 mile off. Root Creek Trail is roughly half a mile away. The climbing here is trad, with one sport route, The Dogs Bollocks, at 5.12a. The grade range runs from 5.6 to 5.12a, and the West Crack is a 5.10a trad route. The Regular Route / South Arete is another 5.6 trad option. Summer is the driest and warmest stretch. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Mt Shasta show July highs around 85°F with only about two wet days, while winter months bring highs in the low 40s and rain on roughly 13 days.

Routes (10)

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