Find rock climbing routes, photos, and guides for every state, along with experiences and advice from fellow climbers.

Dec 31, 2000 · Classic Climbing Routes at Arizona Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area. 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b A0 R

Dec 31, 2000 · For sheer variety of rock and stable weather it is hard to beat California as a climbing destination. Want soaring granite? Head to Yosemite National Park. Want thousands of sport routes and world class bouldering? Head to the Buttermilks or Owens River Gorge on the East side of the Sierra.

Jul 30, 2014 · Classic Climbing Routes at Big Bear Lake Area Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area. 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

Dec 31, 2000 · The area has recently been improved with the addition of a few new crags. Rock & Ice #103 [October 2000] (the one with Josune Bereziartu on the cover) has a mini-guide to the new areas, which are not yet covered in any guidebook. The other good guides are Shelf Road Rock by Fred Knapp and Rock Climbing Shelf Road by Mark Van Horn.

Climbing area will be to your left with approach times from 2-10 minutes. Follow the stone trail down to Three Bears gully to access the base of the cliff. Staying on trail is critical to minimize the impact that 1.4 million visitors per year have on the park.

Find rock climbing routes, photos, and guides for every state, along with experiences and advice from fellow climbers.

The rock is solid and so unclimbed that the limestone is still fairly sharp. The bolt/slung voids are adequately spaced. The anchors we came across on various routes left a little to be desired (e.g., really thin trees slung, worn gear hung for rappelling down) but not so uncomfortable that we stopped climbing.

The main rock climbing venues are near the eastern side of the state, so folks out in Rochester, Buffalo, etc. have a tough time of it - they're either traveling a long ways, pumping plastic, sneaking into the Niagara gorge, or driving across the border to climb in Canada. Ice climbing is a bit more evenly spread out.

Washington has a long history of climbing in the Cascades by Fred Beckey and his predecessors. Nowadays, WA offers quality sport, classic trad, beautiful alpine, glacier treks on volcanoes, plus ice and mixed climbing. Exit 32; Little Si or Deception Crags has the nearest sport crags to the Seattle area. These groupings of crags are hidden in ...