Best Climbs Santa Barbara and Ventura

by Damon Corso

Overview

Best Climbs Santa Barbara and Ventura narrows down the thousands of climbing routes across the Santa Barbara and Ventura counties to the absolute best 300 routes. These are the routes that display the hidden beauty and deep rooted climbing history of Santa Barbara and Ventura. Each section comes with its own unique history, description, climbing style, and a list of gear needed. Also included are detailed driving directions, maps and trailhead information along with the best time of day and year to climb. This guide covers routes from beginner to advanced in order to give climbers of every background a chance to sample the best that Santa Barbara and Ventura has to offer. Featuring full-color images of all the cliffs and boulders with easy to follow descriptions and grades for each route.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493026975
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/15/2016
Series:	Best Climbs Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	47 MB
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About the Author

Damon Corso, a freelance photographer, (director/producer/videographer), and writer, has been photographing and filming rock climbing professionals for the past 10 years across the United States and Europe. His work can be found on the covers and in feature articles of a multitude of major magazines; Climbing, Urban Climber, Deadpoint, Rock & Ice, Los Angeles Magazine and Exercise & Health Magazine. His work is also on display at the Museum of Photography in Bad Ischl, Austria. Damon currently lives in North Hollywood, CA where he spends a majority of time searching the High Sierra for untouched granite boulders.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Climb Finder 7

Map Legend 9

Ventura County 11

1 Wheeler Gorge 13

2 Sespe Gorge 33

3 Potrero John 43

4 The Fortress 47

5 Pine Mountain 55

Santa Barbara County: Foothills 99

6 San Ysidro Canyon 101

7 Skofield Park 115

8 Rattlesnake Canyon 127

9 Gibraltar Rock 143

Santa Barbara County: Camino Cielo 163

10 Painted Caves 167

11 The Brickyard 175

12 Lizard's Mouth 203

13 Crag Full O' Dynamite 251

Appendix 255

Index 257

About the Author 261