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The Reflector Oven

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About The Reflector Oven:

One of the premier areas on Old Rag. Quite popular on sunny winter days, even when there is snow, due to its east-facing aspect. The uberclassic splitter crack "Strawberry Fields" can be found here. The "Upper Terrace" giving access to route #3, "Strawberry Tart", and several other routes can be reached by a traverse south off the climber's trail (Bushwhack Trail). The routes are numbered as they are approached from the climber's trail (roughly north to south).
Approach: From the nice level section of the Ridge Trail at the east end of the summit ridge, quite close to where the trail turns to the west heading for the summit, go South down a steep climber's trail (the Bushwhack Trail) into an obvious bowl (obvious when the trees aren't leafed in, anyway - invisible otherwise). This is a good 500yds E of the summit, after a bit of descending, and just before the trail turns north if you have come up the Saddle Trail from Berry Hollow (the short way) and have crossed the summit. Now turn Right (S) and traverse along the bottom of the cliff, going through a big tunnel formed by some large boulders. 'Strawberry Fields' is the most obvious crack in approximately the middle of the wall. NOTE: the start of the climber's trail down is easy to miss by late spring due to the foliage - it begins directly across the Ridge Trail from the 5m-tall standing trunk of a large dead tree. Watch out for the nettles on the way down during the summer!
Approach Time: 2 hrs.
Latitude, Longitude:
Access Issues:
Rock Type: Granite
Type of Climbing: Trad
Sun Aspect: Morning Sun

Routes

SequenceSequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes. Rating Route Difficulty Ascents
Average Rating = 3.00/5 21st century man 5.10d 1
Average Rating = 0.00/5 B,H, and SC route 5.10c 0
Average Rating = 0.00/5 Eagle 5.12a 0
Average Rating = 0.00/5 once 5.10b 0
Average Rating = 0.00/5 Oven's gift 5.10a 0
Average Rating = 4.00/5 Physics and Politics 5.10b 1
0 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Republicans and Politics 5.10d 0
1 Average Rating = 4.50/5 The Crackin' 5.11d 2
2 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Don't Pro the Flake Bro 5.12b 0
2 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Sheds of Wonderland 5.12a 0
3 Average Rating = 4.00/5 Unknown 5.7 1
5 Average Rating = 0.00/5 B and H route 5.11c 0
6 Average Rating = 5.00/5 When Natural Law Fails 5.11d 1
7 Average Rating = 4.33/5 Loki (1) 5.7 3
8 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Raven Lunatics 5.10a 0
10 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Unlikely promise 5.10d 0
12 Average Rating = 0.00/5 yellow jacket 5.11b 0
13 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Mystery Move 5.12a 0
15 Average Rating = 0.00/5 Strawberry Tart 5.11a 0
16 Average Rating = 4.44/5 Strawberry Fields (3) 5.9 24
17 Average Rating = 4.80/5 2nd P. of Strawberry Fields 5.11a 8
18 Average Rating = 4.00/5 Unknown 5.11c 5
20 Average Rating = 3.33/5 The Vegetated Crack 5.6 5
21 Average Rating = 5.00/5 Combat Medic 5.10b 1
22 Average Rating = 4.33/5 Report to Sickbay 5.10c 6
27 Average Rating = 4.00/5 Jaws Chimney 5.8 1
28 Average Rating = 3.25/5 Chasm Crack (1) 5.8 4
34 Average Rating = 3.00/5 Obstical Illusion 5.12a 1
37 Average Rating = 3.00/5 Unknown 5.9 1
40 Average Rating = 4.00/5 Fissure d'Arete 5.7 4
43 Average Rating = 4.33/5 Howard's Slab (1) 5.8 3
44 Average Rating = 3.00/5 Howard's Slab Left 5.6 1
45 Average Rating = 3.00/5 Sunday Crack Fix 5.7 2
46 Average Rating = 2.00/5 Playing in the Lichen 5.7 1
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