Mountain Project: Climbing Sierra Eastside

The Alabama Hills lie west of Highway 395 and the town of Lone Pine, below Mt. Whitney. The climbing here is on coarse, monzonite granite, which ranges from good to really chossy. Bouldering is plentiful.

This area has long been used as a film location and is one of the most photographed areas in California; the panoramas are breathtaking!

Please stay in the Tuttle Creek Campground to minimize impact on this delicate area. Watch out for rattlesnakes.

Getting There

Take Whitney Portal Road to this area. Most of the climbing is accessed from Movie Road, witch heads north from the Whitney Portal Road.

For complete information get "A Rockclimber's Guide to The Alabama Hills," by Michael Strassman.

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Alabama Hills:

Hoodgie 5.6 Trad, 80 feet Western Wall Area : Hoodgie Wall

Jackie's Rack 5.6 Trad The Cattle Pocket : Tuning in Tokyo Tower

Death of a Cowboy 5.7 Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet Arizona Dome

Spur 5.7 Sport, 1 pitch, 85 feet The Tall Wall

Rotten Bananas 5.7 Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet The Tall Wall

Ankles Away 5.8 Sport, 80 feet Western Wall Area : Hoodgie Wall

Leonosphere 5.8 Sport, 60 feet Western Wall Area : Hoodgie Wall

Coral Sea Adventure 5.8 Sport The Shark's Fin

Muffy 5.8 Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet Arizona Dome

Bananarama 5.8 Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet The Tall Wall

Lives of the Cowboys 5.9 Sport, 2 pitches, 160 feet The Tall Wall

Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking 5.10a Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet Zoo Wall

Tall T 5.10b Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet The Tall Wall

Featured Route For Alabama Hills

Ranger Ron 5.7+ CA : Sierra Eastside : ... : The Loaf

Awesome, high angle face climbing on edges. Sustained, exposed, and well-protected...what more could you ask for?There is a slabby crux around the 10th bolt (maybe 5.8). Otherwise the route is sustained 5.7 with a variety of different cruxes....[more] Browse More Classics in CA

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Alabama Hills. Photo by Blitzo.	Shark's Fin and Sierras. Photo by Blitzo.	Alabama Hills. Photo By Blitzo.
Roadside art in the Alabama Hills.	Historical plaque at the entrance to the Gunga Din...	Alabama Hills morning. Photo by Blitzo.
Red sky-Alabama Hills. Photo by Blitzo.	Towers-Alabama Hills. Photo by Blitzo.	Woody Stark on the Tall Wall
Alabama Hills. Photo by Blitzo.	Alabama Hills, near Paul's Paradise. Photo by Blit...	The Walnut and The Pistachio. Photo by Blitzo.
Mt. Tyndall and Mt. Williamson. Photo by Blitzo.	Roadside rock art, Alabama Hills.	Yellow Bee-Plant (Cleome lutea), Alabama Hills.
Spires in the Alabama Hills	Gunga Din area. Photo by Blitzo.	Alabama Hills. Photo by Blitzo.
stormy day in the alabama hills	Relaxing in the Tuttle Creek Campground after a fu...	It get's warm at the Hills. Be sure to stock up on...
Out in the hills. Photo by Blitzo.

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By Brad "Stonyman" Killough
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From: hartselle, Alabama
Apr 15, 2008

Awesome area, spectacular.
Why do they call it Alabama Hills?

By Darrell Hensel
Aug 13, 2008

Per the Alabama Hills name: In the 1860's the town of Lone Pine was primarily Southern (Confederacy) in their sympathies with regard to the Civil War. The town of Independence on the other hand (~15 miles away), being a Federal Fort, was primarily Northern (Union) in their sympathies. The residents of Lone Pine named the Alabama Hills to commemorate the Confederate iron-clad warship Alabama, which was wrecking havoc on the Union fleet. To counter, the residents of Independence later named a local gold mine Kersarge, to commemorate the Union warship that sank the Alabama.

Finally! Marty's guide is available...

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Alabama Hills

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Getting There

The Classics