Mountain Project: Climbing Joshua Tree National Park

Submitted By: C Miller on Jun 21, 2002
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Description

Echo Rock is the huge dome closest to the parking area and a popular destination with climbers. Due to it's size the dome has been broken into separate areas to more easily navigate the wealth of routes.

The very popular Echo Rock - West Face is a slabby apron of rock with many single pitch face routes from 5.6 to 5.11 as well as the occasional crack climb. Some of the popular routes include Double Dip (5.6) and Stichter Quits (5.7), Stick to What (5.9), Quick Draw McGraw (5.10a), Heart and Sole (5.10a) and Quick Draw McGraw (5.10b).

Being somewhat sheltered makes the Echo Rock - South Face a popular winter spot as it soaks up the sun and is a good spot to challenge yourself of a nice mix of crack and face routes. Some of the better ones here are Pope's Crack (5.9), Raked Over The Coles (5.10d), Swept Away (5.11a), British Airways (5.11a R) and Sole Fusion (5.12a).

The EBGB Formation is centered around a prominent block perched atop a shelf and visible from afar with Zondo's Perks (5.10a), EBGB's (5.10d), Jane's Getting Serious (5.12b) being some of the better routes.

The lesser visited Echo Rock- East Face can be a good spot to escape the crowds of the more popular areas as well as sample some lesser known routes such as Bambi meets Godzilla (5.8), Closed On Mondays (5.9), The Menace (5.10b), Beadwagon (5.11a R) and Igor Prince of Poodles (5.11c).

Getting There

Echo Rock is located just east of the Echo Cove formation. By skirting the south end of the Echo Cove formation and walking east, you will run smack dab into Echo Rock. Please stick to designated trails!

The Classics

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

Double Dip 5.6 Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Echo Rock - West Face

Stichter Quits 5.7 Trad, 1 pitch, 115 feet Echo Rock - West Face

Bambi meets Godzilla 5.8 Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet Echo Rock- East Face

Pope's Crack 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Echo Rock - South Face

Heart and Sole 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Echo Rock - West Face

Forbidden Paradise 5.10b Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Echo Rock - West Face

Try Again 5.10c PG13 Trad, 1 pitch, 150 feet Echo Rock - West Face

The Falcon and The Snowman 5.10c R Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet Echo Rock - West Face

EBGB's 5.10d Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet EBGB Formation

Swept Away 5.11a Trad, 2 pitches, 170 feet Echo Rock - South Face

British Airways 5.11a R Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Echo Rock - South Face

Featured Route For Echo Rock

Heart and Sole 5.10a CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : Echo Rock - West Face

An excellent route up the righthand side of a kind of "inverted U" shape in the rock off to the right of Stichter Quits. Thin face climbing leads to a traverse left into a dihedral. Much easier climbing takes you up the dihedral and then left to a bolted belay. Single rap back down....[more] Browse More Classics in CA

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BETA PHOTO: Echo Rock - West Face Left	Echo Rock-South End. Photo by Blitzo.	Springtime at Echo Rock, JTNP.
Joshua Tree with Echo Rock in the distance, JTNP.	Echo Rock weekend warriors!	Echo Rock from the road, Joshua Tree NP.

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