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Joshua Tree Bouldering

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Bouldering around Hidden Valley Campground.

Ropeless Days in Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree National Park is a mighty big place; 900,000 acres plus or minus a few, so this is an attempt to help our hands-up crowd get straight to what they want, bouldering! This is a work in progress so some things will inevitably get shifted around a bit, so please bear with us!

Dave Bruckman doing a lap. Early '80s?
Submitted By: Russ Walling on Dec 12, 2006

Darin sticking it on SNL. April '06.
Submitted By: Kris Gorny on Nov 5, 2007

Getting Here and There

Each area has its own directions, with hyper-links to a greater area that the bouldering site might be found in. Being a work in progress, if there is any sketchy or confusing directions, please let an administrator know so the site can be improved!

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for *Joshua Tree Bouldering*:

False Up 20 V0- Boulder, 20 feet JBMF Boulders : False Up 20 Boulder

Hobbit Hole Offwidth V0- Boulder, 12 feet Outback Bouldering : Hobbit Hole Boulder

Pinhead V0 Boulder, 12 feet HVCG North : Pinhead Boulder

Betty Jo Yablonksi V0 R Boulder, 25 feet Entrance Boulder & Vicinity : Betty Jo Rock

The Chube V2 Boulder, 15 feet Gunsmoke Area : Chube Boulder

Fry Problem V2 Boulder, 15 feet Fry Boulders : Fry Boulder

Slashface V3 R Boulder, 25 feet Western Belt : Slash Boulder

White Rastafarian V3 R Boulder, 20 feet Outback Bouldering : White Rastafarian Boulder

Gunsmoke V3 Boulder, 80 feet Gunsmoke Area : Gunsmoke Wall

Saturday Night Live V4 Boulder, 13 feet Real Hidden Valley Circuit : Saturday Night Live Boulder

Stem Gem V4 Boulder, 20 feet HVCG West : Stem Gem Boulder

Pigpen V4 Boulder, 10 feet Manx Boulders Circuit : Pigpen Boulder

High Noon V5 Boulder, 16 feet Gunsmoke Area : Gunsmoke Wall

JBMFP V5 Boulder, 16 feet JBMF Boulders : JBMF Boulder

So High V5 R Boulder, 40 feet Turtle Rock Circuit : So High Boulder

All Washed Up V6 R Boulder, 20 feet Cap Rock Bouldering : Sandy Wash Corridor

Planet X V6 R Boulder, 23 feet Planet X Area : Planet X Boulder

Caveman V6 Boulder, 30 feet HVCG West : Caveman Boulder

Streetcar Named Desire V6-7 Boulder, 13 feet Gunsmoke Area : Streetcar Boulder

Alexandria V7 Boulder, 20 feet Loveland Bouldering : The Rosetta Stone

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Pigpen V4 CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : Pigpen Boulder

Behind Cyclops rock is this awesome boulder problem. A sit start in a cave starts you out 10' of finger crack through the roof in the cave, to a tight-hands swing around the lip and then fingers, off fingers and tight hands lead to a funky top out that is for many the crux....[more] Browse More Classics in CA

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Charlie Barrett on 'Streetcar Named Desire'	Rick Dierkson bouldering the White Rastafarian, ph...	15 year old Dan Mills sending the "X" on his 2nd t...
Boulders in 'The Tree'	Darin Limvere scoping out 'Meadows Direct' just ea...	Roadrunner near Hidden Valley CG, Joshua Tree.
James on the steep prow of Psyche (V4), Joshua Tre...	BETA PHOTO: Jugs to thin fingers...	Jeremy Freeman bouldering in The Tree
Charlie Barrett on 'Shipwreck' v3, Real Hidden Val...	Somewhere out there. Photo by Blitzo.	another dinky problem. Photo y Blitzo.
Even the descent can be fun, Joshua Tree NP	Seven legs is enough, Joshua Tree NP	Ryan Campground
Pinhead" /> Bruce on Pinhead...	Pig Pen" /> Matt King on Pig Pen...	The Stonehenge Area
Stonehenge Boulders	One of the locals, Joshua Tree NP	Shadow people in the Outback, Joshua Tree NP
J-Tree	Ethan Pringle on the FA of The Peanut V7, Geology ...	Flight Attendant (V4), Joshua Tree NP

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By Jason Scott Heacock
Dec 15, 2011

Does anyone know if your able to camp out at (any) of these bouldering destinations? as in near the rocks for bouldering, ect....

especially if the other sites are full.....

-Thanks!

By susan peplow
From: Joshua Tree
Dec 15, 2011

I guess that depends on which boulders you're talking about. Camping in JTNP is for established areas only, all of which are pay campgrounds. The park does allow for backpacking camps in 13 designated areas which might yield you some good results but.....these areas are also predetermined by the park. You must be registered, set up camp greater than 1 mile from the road and 500 feet from any trail.

In regards to sites being full....you can find BLM in Joshua Tree that is free, legal and never full.

Everything you need to know plus more about JTNP camping is found here including the suave little map to the BLM overflow area. Good luck!

www.nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/camping.htm

By Adam Stackhouse
Administrator
Jan 16, 2012

By b-team
Sep 26, 2012

some j-tree highball classics

https://vimeo.com/20027974