HVCG Bouldering Circuit

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Description 

The circuit in and around Hidden Valley Campground (HVCG) is a large one and has been broken up geographically into the cardinal directions to help better locate the problems.

Problems in this circuit range from V-easy to V10 with a good selection of problems in the V6 and under range. Some of the best here include The Left Nixon Crack (V0 R), The Function (V3 R), Stem Gem (V4), Bachar's Traverse (V4), Scatterbrain (V6), Caveman (V7), Orange Julius (V7) and Monkeyclaw (V10).

Getting There 

Park in the day use lot below Intersection Rock's east face, or if camping in Hidden Valley Campground (HVCG) simply walk from your campsite, to the respective area of HVCG you wish to visit.

Featured Route For HVCG Bouldering Circuit

Stem Gem V4  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : Stem Gem Boulder

Located in a small group of campsites on the Southern end of the Blob formation. Please ask permission for bouldering in occupied campsites.Stem Gem is the Quintessencial JTree boulder problem, embodying the essence of Joshua Tree climbing: Highly technical and often times perplexing movement across extremely friction dependant, featurless granite. Indeed, this problem has nary a hold on it, the only thing making it climbable is its coarse fricti...[more]