The Beehive Wall

High above Riverside on the Beehive Crack (V-easy)...

Description 

Located just below the Peace Bridge and the road, this wall/boulder offers 7 or 8 entertaining problems on coarse but solid rock and of approximately 15 feet in height--a nice height when bouldering alone. The landings for the problems are mostly excellent, although a stone and mortar bench sits a few inches off the ground at the base of several problems (it's fairly easy to avoid if you know you're going to fall). This is probably one of the best places to visit at Rubidoux if you're an intermediate climber looking to get in a quick bouldering session after work. The problems range between V-easy and V5 in difficulty. Because of the compact spread of the problems on this wall, many variations are possible--including a high traverse of the entire wall.

In the past, a lively beehive existed at the right end of the wall and could add extra excitement to a bouldering session. It seems to have been destroyed at some point during the past two years. EDIT: Nope, it's still there as of March 2009, but it doesn't seem quite as active.

Getting There 

From Peace Bridge, follow stairs below the road to this obvious wall.

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Flight of the Bumble Bee V4  CA : Riverside County : ... : The Beehive Wall

Start at the far left end of the wall, and traverse passed Honeycombs, then on passed the central crack to gain the good crimps on King Bee.From here make an increasingly difficult sequence of moves under Killer Bees, with the crux move getting established on Bumble Bee, which is followed to its end.Tricky hand holds and poor feet describe the crux....[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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The Beehive Wall and it's distinctive stone wall f...	View of the Beehive Wall	World Peace Tower, Mt. Rubidoux.
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