Barker Dam Area  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Lat, Long:  34.0307, -116.146 Map Page Views:  95,575. Good page? (1 like)    Administrators:  C Miller, Adam Stackhouse, M.Morley, Sam Vanderhyden, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  M.Morley on Jun 14, 2002 Make this area a Favorite What's New  Printer View Add Area  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

NEW RESTRICTIONS MORE INFO >>> www.nps.gov/jotr/parknews/dam_vandalism.htm This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Eric working his way over the lip (TR)

Description 

The Barker Dam Day Use Area provides access for a handful of good routes; however, they tend to be spread out amongst several rock formations. If you can find it, the Room To Shroom Area has the phenomenal namesake splitter crack plus the less known but excellent Chemical Warfare. Probably the most popular area here is not a route at all, but rather the famous Gunsmoke - a strenuous and long bouldering traverse.

Getting There 

Walk, bike, or drive to the Barker Dam Day Use Area, 1.5 miles NE of Hidden Valley Campground along paved road. Most of the routes are approached via the Barker Dam Loop Trail.

The Classics

Featured Route For Barker Dam Area

Father Figure 5.12d  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : Lakeside Rock - East Face

To approach this route, walk past the right end of the west face and up slabs and boulders to reach the southern end of the formation.This is a classic Joshua Tree sport route - short, but with demanding and unusual moves. Make your way up a steep wall past several horizontals and a lower crux (5.11+) to the top where you will encounter a somewhat reachy crux. Shorter climbers may find the crux (and the route) to be harder than the rating indicates.To the left of this is Patracide, a decent ...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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A very full Barker Dam, Joshua Tree NP	Barker Dam with lakeside Rock in the bckround.	BETA PHOTO: A view of Barker Dam with water
Barker Dam. Photo by Blitzo.	Barker Dam 2005. Photo by Blitzo.	Barker Damn in August (it wasn't to hot actually)
Mortar hole near the Wave Boulder, Joshua Tree NP	Joshua Tree	Jessica on the Wave Boulder, Joshua Tree NP
Cracked Egg	Spring Bloom on the Barker Dam hike. April 08.	Spring Bloom on the Barker Dam hike. April 08.
Sunset at Barker Dam.	Rebels	I think they've been re-touched, petroglyphs on th...
Barker Dam, I think this was early 2004.	Another shot of Barker Dam, I think early 2004.	Rat Rock
Low water level, October 4, 2010	Who done it...	Graffiti at Barker Dam, Joshua Tree NP
No Falls Wall (S. Face), Joshua Tree NP	Barker Dam (temporarily closed), Joshua Tree NP