Northern AZ Bouldering  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  7,000' Lat, Long:  35.1963, -111.6499 Map Page Views:  211,486. Good page? (2 likes)    Administrators:  Greg Opland, James DeRoussel, JJ Schlick, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Colin Cox on Sep 30, 2010 Make this area a Favorite What's New  Printer View Add Area  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

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Description 

The Flagstaff area is a boulderer's paradise. There are more than a dozen different bouldering areas all within a short drive from downtown. Some areas can be approached in minutes by foot or bike. The rock types include volcanic andesite, dacite, and basalt, as well as sedimentary limestone and sandstone. The variety of bouldering locales combined with a generally mild, sunny climate allow for year round bouldering. Even on the worst wintery days, one can still find dry rock under one of Priest Draw's many sheltering roofs.

Most of Flagstaff's bouldering history has been chronicled in Tim Toula's Cheap Way to Fly. From the early 80's til mid 90's, most of Flagstaff's bouldering areas we're discovered and developed, including Buffalo Park, Mount Elden areas, Turkey Tanks, Priest Draw and more. As bouldering became more popular in the late 90's, another wave of exploration and development began that continues to this day. The prevalent bouldering mentality around Y2K spawned the development of new areas like Kelly Canyon, Cherry Canyon, The Peaks, and more, while modern classics were added to existing areas. East Clear Creek and Sedona's Anvil Boulders became essential nearby getaways for the growing population of Flagstaff boulderers.

Some of the most amazing, hard, dead horizontal, boulder problems in the world are scattered south of Flagstaff. Some elite local boulderers don't even climb on anything but a roof because the featured and friendly limestone around Flagstaff offers the most interesting and creative climbing experience available. The problems are that sick.

Whether you are a veteran double digit roof crusher, a V0 beginner, or anything in between and around, Flagstaff has what boulderers want.

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The Classics

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Bump to Conclusions V3  AZ : Northern Arizona : ... : East Clear Creek

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