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Elevation: 6,816 ft
GPS: 43.75592, -110.72116
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Shared By: blaine on May 2, 2012
Admins: Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson

Description Suggest change

In Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, a few climbers had practiced on the three Jenny Lake Boulders (Falling Ant Slab, Cutfinger Rock, Red Cross Rock) from the late 1940s through the 1950s. Among these climbers were Yvon Chouinard, Bob Kamps, John Gill and others. Between 1958-59 John Gill established the North Corner V8 and Gill Route V6 or V7. Both on Red Cross Rock.

Now I'm not saying Jenny Lake boulders are world class by any means, but if you are looking for a great time, beautiful views, and to get out on some rock with extreme historical value then this is a definite stop! There are climbs for all levels and the rock quality is bomb proof.

From my personal experience, I was the only person bouldering so you may be lucky have this quite spot all to yourself.

Also, anyone that stumbles onto this page and has been there, please help me with adding the routes. Its been a long time since I've been and need to try and find the paper with the route names on it that I received at the Jenny Lake Ranger Station (pick one up it helps).

And lastly, Enjoy the amazing climbing and Crush Hard!

Getting There Suggest change

From Moose, drive 8 miles north to Jenny Lake campground and the nearby Jenny Lake Ranger Station. From the ranger station, go 100 yards west to a bicycle path and then north about 100 yards to three historic boulders. Cutfinger Rock's south face is seen first left of the path and Falling Ant Slab is just west 15 yards towards Jenny Lake. Red Cross Rock is 39 yards north of Cutfinger; adjacent to the bike path on left.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Jenny Lake Bouldering

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
V-easy 3
 4
East Slab
Boulder, Alpine
V0- 4-
 11
North Slab Right
Boulder, Alpine
V0 4
 27
My First Bulge
Boulder, Alpine
V0 4
 16
North Slab Center
Boulder, Alpine
V1-2 5
 9
North Slab Left
Boulder, Alpine
V2 5+
 11
Southwest Traverse
Boulder, Alpine
V2 5+
 54
Classic Overhang Warmup
Boulder, Alpine
V3 6A
 24
Left Side?
Boulder, Alpine
V4 6B
 55
Classic Overhang
Boulder, Alpine
V4-5 6B+
 15
Cutfinger SDS
Boulder, Alpine
V5 6C
 25
Cut Finger Arete
Boulder, Alpine
V7 7A+
 18
Gill Route
Boulder, Alpine
V9 7C
 4
Gill Problem
Boulder, Alpine
V10 7C+
 4
The Grand Traverse
Boulder, Alpine
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a V1 5
 34
Cut Finger Crack
TR, Boulder, Alpine
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
East Slab Shoreline Boulders > S Shoreline Boulder
 4
V-easy 3 Boulder, Alpine
North Slab Right Falling Ant Slab
 11
V0- 4- Boulder, Alpine
My First Bulge Cutfinger Rock
 27
V0 4 Boulder, Alpine
North Slab Center Falling Ant Slab
 16
V0 4 Boulder, Alpine
North Slab Left Falling Ant Slab
 9
V1-2 5 Boulder, Alpine
Southwest Traverse Falling Ant Slab
 11
V2 5+ Boulder, Alpine
Classic Overhang Warmup Red Cross Rock
 54
V2 5+ Boulder, Alpine
Left Side? Red Cross Rock
 24
V3 6A Boulder, Alpine
Classic Overhang Red Cross Rock
 55
V4 6B Boulder, Alpine
Cutfinger SDS Cutfinger Rock
 15
V4-5 6B+ Boulder, Alpine
Cut Finger Arete Cutfinger Rock
 25
V5 6C Boulder, Alpine
Gill Route Red Cross Rock
 18
V7 7A+ Boulder, Alpine
Gill Problem Red Cross Rock
 4
V9 7C Boulder, Alpine
The Grand Traverse Cutfinger Rock
 4
V10 7C+ Boulder, Alpine
Cut Finger Crack Cutfinger Rock
 34
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a V1 5 TR, Boulder, Alpine
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