Auburn Quarry (Cave Valley)
Auburn State Recreation Area (Placer County) · near Auburn · Gold Country & Central Valley
Rock Climbing
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Grade range
- 5.8 to 5.13a
- Best season
- Spring and fall; low-elevation, hot in summer
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Rock Climbing detail
- Climb types
- sport · top-rope · bouldering
- Rock type
- Featured limestone
- Route count
- ~69 routes across several walls
- Signature routes
- Landslide · Scooby Snacks · Bat Karma
- Intl tip
- A great winter-day crag for Sacramento locals - featured limestone minutes off I-80. Bring a State Parks parking pass, avoid the closed Horseshoe Canyon section, and don't slackline (it can jeopardize all climbing access). Check CRAGS for current status.
The guide
Auburn Quarry, also called Cave Valley, is the only real limestone sport crag in the foothill belt - a former Spreckels quarry …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Auburn Quarry (Cave Valley) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.9123, -121.0357