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About Big Chief:

Sitting high on a ridge outside of Truckee. This is the premiere sport climbing crag in the Tahoe area. Fantastic climbing on highly featured basalt.
Nearest town or city: Truckee
Directions: South Highway 267 out of Truckee, turn right on Ponderosa Palisades Road, turn right on Silver Fir, then left on Thelin St. From here turn right onto a small forest service road about 500 yards up Thelin. Follow this road for 5.2 miles, turn right into a large logged parking area. Pick up a trail leading NorthWest out of the parking area. Follow for 1 mile. The crag is on the backside of the hill you have to climb up at the end of the trail
Latitude, Longitude: 39.24562, -120.20037
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Camping: Free
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Forum Discussions (7)

  Subject Author Replies Last Post
With Replies Winter Conditions/Access at Big Chief learnin2climb 2 Mar 06, 8:24 PM
With Replies Moderate routes in Big Chief? huktoncrack 6 Jun 21, 10:55 PM
With Replies Gate into Big Chief ? life_is_good 2 Jun 11, 8:21 PM
With Replies new big chief guide book bmadi7fg 1 May 21, 12:18 PM
With Replies Conditions? learnin2climb 3 Jun 12, 8:47 AM
With Replies Big Chief, CA Conditions tylerm 4 May 29, 8:34 PM
No Replies Stay on the trail! the_dude 0 May 13, 10:09 PM

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