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Elevation: 4,500'
Lat, Long: 33.9929, -116.1392 Map
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Administrators: C Miller, Adam Stackhouse, M.Morley, Sam Vanderhyden, Tom Erickson
Submitted By: C Miller on Aug 26, 2008

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Saddle Rocks

Description 

The Saddle Rocks Area covers the large slab of Saddle Rocks as well as peripheral areas like the Theoretical Boulder and the seldom visited Cowboy Crags. Stacks of quality crack and face routes up to 3 pitches in length are found here including the popular Right On (5.5) and Walk on the Wild Side (5.8).


Getting There 

Park at the large paved lot that's used for Hall of Horrors, cross the road and follow a signed trail to the base of the rock. Approach time to the base is about 15 minutes.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Saddle Rocks Area:
Right On   5.5     Trad, 4 pitches, 350 feet   Saddle Rocks - Skirt : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West...
Orange Flake   5.8     Trad, 2 pitches   Saddle Rocks - Skirt : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West...
Walk on the Wild Side   5.8     Trad, 3 pitches, 250 feet   Saddle Rocks - Skirt : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West...
Negro Girls   5.9 R     Trad, 2 pitches, 250 feet   Saddle Rocks - Skirt : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West...
Santa Cruz   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Saddle Rocks - Skirt : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West...
Space Mountain   5.10b     Trad, 1 pitch, 130 feet   Saddle Rocks - Skirt : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (North...
Episcopalian Toothpick   5.10c     Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet   Theoretical Boulder
Harley Queen   5.10c     Trad, 2 pitches   Saddle Rocks - Skirt : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West...
Presbyterian Dental Floss   5.10d     Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet   Theoretical Boulder
Where Have all the Cowboys Gone   5.10d     Trad, 3 pitches, 200 feet   Saddle Rocks - Skirt : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West...
Harlequin   5.10d R     Trad, 3 pitches   Saddle Rocks - Skirt : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West...
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Featured Route For Saddle Rocks Area
Tony Sartin on the crux third pitch.

Silver Spur 5.12  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : Saddle Rocks - Skirt (West...
This route is a variation to Bosch Job. Pitches 1 and 2 follow Bosch Job and the 3rd pitch climbs up and left where Bosch Job moves right.Begin by scrambling up a low-angle slab (at a right-facing corner) to a big ledge about 75 ft. right from the start of Right On. Pitch 1: Go left around the corner, then up a low-angle slab (5.5) to a belay at a small ledge with a block. Pitch 2 (10a): Up steepening face to a bolt, move left to a thin flake which leads to a small left-facing corner. Follo...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA


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Saddle Rocks aglow just before sunset, Joshua Tree NP

Saddle Rocks aglow just before sunset, Joshua Tree...

Ryan Mountain with a dusting of snow, Joshua Tree NP

Ryan Mountain with a dusting of snow, Joshua Tree ...

Saddle Rocks from top of South Horror Rock at sunset.

Saddle Rocks from top of South Horror Rock at suns...

Snow on the Cowboy Crags, Joshua Tree NP

Snow on the Cowboy Crags, Joshua Tree NP

Saddle Rocks Area, Joshua Tree NP  <br />

BETA PHOTO: Saddle Rocks Area, Joshua Tree NP


Yuccas near the top of Saddle Rocks, Joshua Tree NP

Yuccas near the top of Saddle Rocks, Joshua Tree N...

Saddle Rocks Area after a snowstorm, Joshua Tree NP

Saddle Rocks Area after a snowstorm, Joshua Tree N...

Troy Mayr airing it out on the Iconoclast (5.13a), Joshua Tree NP. Photo by Ron Wolfe.

Troy Mayr airing it out on the Iconoclast (5.13a),...

Teddy Bear Cholla, Joshua Tree National Park

Teddy Bear Cholla, Joshua Tree National Park

Saddle Rocks snow. <br />Photo by Blitzo.

Saddle Rocks snow.
Photo by Blitzo.


Cowboy Crags, Joshua Tree NP

Cowboy Crags, Joshua Tree NP