Echo Cove - South Face  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  4,200' Lat, Long:  34.0242, -116.1582 Map Page Views:  9,833. Good page?    Administrators:  C Miller, Adam Stackhouse, M.Morley, Sam Vanderhyden, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Tony B on Jan 12, 2003 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

South Face-Left Side.
Photo by Blitzo.

Description 

This wall is perhaps the closest and most accessible to the parking at Echo Rock. It's southwest aspect is warm and it should be considered when choosing the time of day and year to climb here. The climbing is mixed with a fair number of bolted and gear protected lines, although a few of the bolted lines are not so well protected and are somewhat mis-represented for gear and grade in Vogel's book (i.e. Flake and Bake easier than 5.8, but not protected as well as noted).

The rock here is generally good and routes range from 5.6 to 5.12 in difficulty. There are no "super classics" here but there are some lines worth doing if in the area. The most well recognized of these are: R.M.L. (5.9), Sitting Here in Limbo (5.9), Axe of Dog (5.10a), Out on a Limb (5.10b), C.S. Special (5.10c), Possessed by Elvis (5.10c) & The Riddler (5.12a). There are descents in both directions from the summit and you will generally want to walk off in whatever direction you are closest to.

Getting There 

From the main parking lot at Echo Tee, look into the West Face of Echo Rock. The nearest rock at the left side of this entrance is the right most end of South Face of Echo Cove Rocks. If you parked in the optional lot just north of the "tee" parking lot, you are more or less at the left end of it's base (it is just East of you).

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The Riddler 5.12a  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : Echo Cove - South Face

This sinister route starts with a short thin crack/lieback before gaining a flaring groove which ends at the base of a headwall. Clip a bolt, decipher the baffling crux and finish up a thin crack that widens at the top. Gear belay and easy walk-off down slabs to the climber's left. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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BETA PHOTO: Echo Cove-South Face right. Photo by Blitzo.	BETA PHOTO: Echo Cove Rocks-South Face. Photo by Blitzo.	Patina- Echo Cove area. Photo by Blitzo.
Echo South Face, far right. Photo by Blitzo.	Ladybug stem, JTNP.	Climber on Flake and Bake, with an uninterested gi...
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