Big Chief Area Climbs

About the book

If you like sport climbing on vertical to overhanging volcanic rock in the sun, you’ll have big days of fun climbing at the Big Chief area near Lake Tahoe, California. Located at 7,000 feet in the mountains between Truckee and Tahoe, this is one of the best cool weather crags in the Tahoe region. Complemented with plentiful camping, the volcanic rock makes for a nice switch from the more typical granite found around Tahoe. Big Chief Area Climbs provides clear, concise beta that has been checked and rechecked. In fact, the author himself climbed almost every single route to verify the accuracy of all the info therein!

Areas included

• Big Chief

• Light Deprivation Buttress

• Little Chief

• Sawtooth Ridge

• Fun circuit ideas are suggested.

About the author

Marek Hajek grew up in the Czech Republic, and moved to Lake Tahoe in 1989. His friend Don Harder introduced him to climbing in 1992. Progress for Marek was slow, but he steadily worked up to having ticked all but three climbs in the Big Chief area, as of the writing of this book. Marek married his wife Trang in 2001, and they live in Reno and climb in Tahoe as much as possible.