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Santee Boulders

Submitted By: mschlocker on Feb 4, 2007
Administrator: Marc Kajut
Latitude: 32.8641  Longitude: -116.985 
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Description 

San Diego's most popular bouldering area. Just bring a crash pad and some shoes. Many of the problems are safe to do sans pad. Do not expect to be alone out here. Please respect the bushes and do not make the trails any wider than they already are.


Getting There 

Across the street from West Hills Park in Santee off Mast Blvd near the 52 freeway. Park in the park parking lot and play frogger to cross the street to the bouldering area that is visible on the north side of the road.

From Los Angeles and Orange Counties, drive south on the 5 until the exit for the highway 78 eastbound. Take the 78 east to the 15 and head south. Those coming from Riverside County will take the 15 directly. From the 15/78 interchange, drive 21 miles south to highway 52 and head east for 6 miles. Exit on Mast Blvd, taking a left at the light. One half-mile on the right hand side is West Hills Park.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Santee Boulders:
The Knobs   V0-     Boulder, 10 feet   Moby Dick Area : Beehive Boulders
Fingercrack   V0     Boulder   Moby Dick Area : Beehive Boulders
Flake   V0     Boulder   Moby Dick Area : Lieback Rock
Walkman   V0+     Boulder   Moby Dick Area : The Amphitheater
Face   V2     Boulder   Moby Dick Area : Lieback Rock
Amphitheatre Traverse   V3     Boulder   Moby Dick Area : The Amphitheater
Funky Like a Monkey   V3     Boulder   Moby Dick Area : Lieback Rock
Jumpstart   V3     Boulder   Moby Dick Area : The Amphitheater
Bullet Hole Wall Crack??   5.7     Trad   Moby Dick Area : Bullet Hole Wall
The 5.8 Face   5.8     Trad, TR, 20 feet   Dog Pile Area : The Dog Pile
The Painted Crack   5.8+     Trad, 15 feet   Hillside Area : The Painted Crack Area
American Express   5.9     TR, 15 feet   Moby Dick Area : Bullet Hole Wall
Masochist Crack   5.9     Trad, 10 feet   Moby Dick Area : Beehive Boulders
The Painted Face   5.10+     Trad, 15 feet   Hillside Area : The Painted Crack Area
Bullet Hole Face   5.10+     Trad, TR, 15 feet   Moby Dick Area : Bullet Hole Wall
Lieback Rock Lieback   5.11-     Trad   Moby Dick Area : Lieback Rock
The Bread Loaf   5.11-     Trad, 9 feet   Hillside Area : The Painted Crack Area
The Terrible Face   5.11+     Trad, 17 feet   Moby Dick Area : Beehive Boulders
Synchronicity   5.12     TR, 25 feet   Synchronicity Area : Synchronicity Boulder
Kung Pao   5.12     Sport, 22 feet   Dog Pile Area : The Dog Pile
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Park in the park

BETA PHOTO: Park in the park

it was a really clear day

it was a really clear day

Orion over Santee.

Orion over Santee.


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By keli
From: San Diego, CA
Apr 16, 2009

This bouldering area is OPEN. NO access issues at this point in time.

By akforty7
From: seattle, wa
May 1, 2009

if you're looking to improve your fancy footwork, crimp strength, and balance for your granite climbing projects...this is the place to train! There's a good amount of highball options and some anchors for top roping as well.

Bees may like Lonesome and Mudball as much as a boulderer does, but they don't like people much.

Summer time: watch out for the occasional rattler sunning on/near the trail, there's a grand daddy of one near carosel boulder i've seen on many occasions. they'll give you a spot on light bulb boulder as well.

  • *if you're not familiar with snakes and their habits, it's the smaller ones that you should be most weary of...they tend to latch on giving you a longer dose of the stuff they're selling. the bigger ones will use it more sparingly seeing as you're not going to make a good snack.