Short, but stiff. Straight up avoiding the temptation to wander leftward. Lots of interesting sideclings, gastons, and various permutations thereof...

Sideways

Chunk

Goonies

Sloth Fratelli

Mouth

Ghunk

One-Eyed Willie

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This route goes up the left side of the aerate formed by the seem just to the right of Sloth. It starts on the lower ground and goes up to what you would call a mini roof move that leaves you feeling a little awkward.

Starts just to the right of Chunk with the large block about 5 feet up. 

  If you knock on the "Chunk" it does has a hollow sound, I have jumped on it pretty hard and it hasn't come of however be warned and assess the risk yourself as it does sound like it will come off one day.  Have your belayer stand accordingly.

This route is on the right side of the middle section of rock with the huge block at the top.

This route is on the furthest left side of the rock face and goes straight up from the large block at the bottom. There are 5 or 6 good side pulls on this short route as well as some under clings. This route will make you think a little as you need to piece the moves together in the right order.

Short but stiff. Nice variety of moves on a sustained .9+ give or take.

This route is just a few feet to the right of Mouth, it starts below the smaller of the two chunks of rock sticking off.

Friction stemming up groove at the center of the cliff.

I struggled for almost two years on what to do with this area.  At first I figured I would just leave it alone as it's a little too high to boulder and a little short to bolt.  It kept popping into my head though, I really liked many of the holds and moves and found myself going back.  On days where I was short on time but still wanted to get on the rock I would head up there because it was low on the mountain, had a short approach and I needed nothing more then two quick-draws and a half rope so I could pack light. 

  Astoria is perfect for people with a fear of heights, somebody that needs a fairly gentle approach, a person that wants to climb outside but isn't leading or to show new climbers the ropes including how to clean anchors. 

  Don't be fooled however, there are some tough moves to be found here that are a nice deviation from the normal stuff you find on Lemmon including a ton of side pulls. If you're leading 5.11s this area will bore you but if you want a change of pace, mellow climbing or an area to introduce people to climbing this is ideal. You also can't beat the summer shade, winter sun, amazing views and if you can't handle being without your phone you even have cell reception (which is a negative to me). 

  While I wouldn't call the climbing child friendly (5.5) climbing, the area and approach are virtually free of hazards.

 This is a work in progress so I will be adding to this over the next week or two as I get the lines up.

 

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Routes in Astoria