California Climbing Vacations

California Climbing Travel Guide

• California Overview
• California Hotels
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• California Vacation Rentals

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Active and Adventure Guide
• Biking
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• Paddling
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• Beach Guide
  • Kiteboarding
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• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
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  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Climbing Destinations In California

• Yosemite National Park, CA
  
• Joshua Tree National Park, CA
  

Travel Guides In California

• Los Angeles, CA
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Laguna Beach, CA
  • Beach Guide
• Alameda, CA
  • Beach Guide
• California's Highway One, CA
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Dana Point, CA
  • Beach Guide
• Death Valley National Park, CA
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Morro Bay, CA
  • Beach Guide
• San Clemente, CA
  • Beach Guide
• San Simeon Beach State Park, CA
  • Beach Guide
• Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, CA
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide

Pacific Coast Climbing States/Provinces

• Alaska
• California

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona

Top California Climbing Destinations

• Joshua Tree National Park
• Yosemite National Park

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Feature Articles

• California
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  Yosemite National Park
• Aces High
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  THE IDEA: Make one of the world's greatest Everest guides face his fear of heights. THE PLAN: Send him 3,000 feet up El Capitan with Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Ivo Ninov. THE RESULT: Panic attacks, cold sweats, and one order of Depends.
• February Active/Adventure Travel Guide
• Climb El Cap
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• Ménage à Quatre
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  Joshua Tree National Park, California

Practical Advice

• A Mountain Climbing Primer
• A Trekking Primer
• How to Build a Bomber Anchor
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  To set up your own anchor for a climbing top rope (or slackline, or car stuck in a ditch), all you need is a 20-foot piece of webbing, a carabiner, and a tree.

GORPTravel Trips

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  California Rock Climbing Camp
  Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides
  from $895, 5 days
  Take your skills a step further. Learn anchors, leading principles, AMGA standards for top ropes, advanced techniques and multipitch systems....
  
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  Yosemite - Sierra Multi-Sport
  The World Outdoors
  from $1898, 6 days
  Cascading rivers, lofty peaks, and stands of giant sequoia trees constitute the landscape of Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks....
  
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  Yosemite Family: Domes, Rivers & Waterfalls
  Austin Lehman Adventures
  from $2298, 6 days
  Your daughter gazes skyward in amazement at the "Grizzly Giant," Yosemite National Park's ~2,000-year-old Sequoia tree. It's not until you've been in...
  
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  California Multi-Sport
  O.A.R.S
  from $1995, 5 days
  Spend five days in the state renowned for sun, superstar skies, big adventure and big fun. This escape immerses you in some of the Golden State's...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.
• Complete Gear Archives: Climbing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things climbing.
• Women’s Climbing Gear Essentials
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• Climbing Gear Essentials
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• Ice Climbing
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  Upgrade your frozen fun with the best new tools and apparel.

Fitness

• Mountain Athlete
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  Jackson, Wyoming
• Chalk It Up
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  Experience is the key to mountaineering prowess, but high-altitude fitness makes all the difference on summit day
• Hot Flex
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  Meet your secret muscles—and find out how these hidden assets can leverage your leap to peak performance
• Winter's Wonderland Workout
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  Class Outside

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Attractions

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Anaheim Marriott
700 West Convention Way
Anaheim, CA 92802

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Carousel Inn and Suites
1530 S Harbor Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92802

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Catamaran Resort & Spa
3999 Mission Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92109

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