The approach took our group two hours+ to get ther...
Description
The Underground is completely different rock from the rest of the park. Smooth! Edgy! Patina! A high density of really cool problems at 5000ft(ish?) altitude in the pines.
Getting There
About a 2.5 mile hike from the queen mountain pullout. up 1000ft, left to the watchtower formation, then back over some cliff bands and up some scramblin.. umm.. this part is going to need some revision. but there are lots of cairns..
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Underground:
By Brian Overley From: San Juan Capistrano, CA Apr 21, 2009
Follow the cairns. Our group tried to add some more. Ten minutes past the watchtower, the cairns took us in a circle, but we pushed in and got there 2+ hrs later. Start early, a GPS could help, but it's a fairly long approach for Joshua Tree Standards.
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