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Tuolumne Meadows area and Tenaya Lake, from Olmste...

Overview 

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. Looking for limitless climbing under a warm, desert sun, visit Joshua Tree.

Head West to find the goods.

California Regions Submitted By: M.Morley on May 5, 2006

Climbing Gyms 

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Major Destination Areas 

Yosemite Valley

Classic Yosemite Valley view. Submitted By: Adam Winters on May 7, 2007

Tuolumne Meadows area and Tenaya Lake, from Olmstead Point, Yosemite NP Submitted By: Adam Winters on May 7, 2007

Joel wants to 'Sail Away'! flickr.com/thedan86 Submitted By: Dan.Heacock on Dec 19, 2009

Great photo by Damon Corso of Michael Reardon on the Pirate. Submitted By: Bill Odenthal on Dec 17, 2008

Josh Junkermeier, Big Chicken V4, Happy Boulders, Eastern Sierras. Submitted By: mschiffhauer on Dec 28, 2009

Unknown climber hiking the crux. Submitted By: jason seaver on Sep 23, 2006

Joe L. coming up the wide crack section. If you have a 5" shoulder, you can do it this way. ...The rest of us can't. :-| July 2009 Submitted By: Aerili on Jul 20, 2009

Palisades from Dusy Basin. From left to right: Mt. Agassiz, Mt. Winchell, Thunderbolt Peak, Starlight Peak, North Palisade - July 2007 Submitted By: Misha Logvinov on Dec 27, 2007

The Classics

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Sixty Foot Woman Traverse V2  CA : Sierra Eastside : ... : Sixty Foot Woman Wall

A left to right traverse of the wall.The pump is slow to arrive, but as you near the prow on the right the pump will come. Move past the prow and finish easily....[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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High Sierra. Photo by Blitzo.	A dirtbag meets the squeeze.	BETA PHOTO: California Regions
The ghost town, Bodie. Photo by Blitzo.	Tufa Towers-Mono Lake. Photo by Blitzo.	Kirkwood Lake area. Photo by Blitzo.
Merced River Canyon, below El Portal, CA. Photo by...	Sunset storm, Colorado Desert, Southern California...	Echo Lake. Photo by Blitzo.
Death Valley-Spring. Photo by Blitzo.	Climbing in the Colorado/Sonoran Desert. Photo by ...	Bear Cub-Sequoia National Park. Photo by Blitzo.
Sequoia Forest-Sequoia N.P. Photo by Blitzo.	Forest-Sequoia N.P. Photo by Blitzo.	Boulder-Kings River. Photo by Blitzo.
Bristlecone Pine-White Mountains. Photo by Blitzo.	California Poppy-State Flower. Photo by Blitzo.	Morro Rock-Sequoia National Park. Photo by Blitzo.
Titus Canyon, Death Valley	The silky Eureka Dunes, Death Valley	Seasonal Mass Snake Migration in Sinks Canyon. Th...
A classic High Sierra dome, photo: Bob Horan.	Mt. Tom, Bishop area Sierras	Joshua Tree National Park
Sunset, Death Valley, NP	Crazy desert clouds, Death Valley, NP	Devil's Golf Course, Death Valley National Park. ...
The "Artist's Palette" formation, Death Valley NP.	Zabriski Point, Death Valley NP.	Granite Mountains. Photo by Blitzo.
Climber on Loose Lady, 5.10a Joshua Tree National ...	Joshua Tree	Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park	Try Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Stout. 10% ABV....	Try Torpedo. Photo by Blitzo.
Try the new 2010 Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh H...	The old Celebration Ale.	Granite Mountains, Mojave Preserve.Photo by Blitz...
Indian Cove Campground, Joshua Tree NP	Buttermilk Road. Photo by Blitzo.	valhalla- kernville,ca
valhalla-kernville,ca theres climbs that start out...	Climbing magazine reader photo of the month winner...	Joshua Tree. Photo by Blitzo
Enjoying an extremely hot day at Echo Cliffs, CA. ...	Lake Aloha in Desolation Wilderness of the norther...	Joshua Tree