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Army of Darkness Boulder 
Black Box, The 
Black Top Boulder 
Chaos Boulder 
Flat Top Boulder 
Hidden Crack Boulder, The 
Hueco Traverse Boulder, The 
Orange Peel Boulder 
Punisher Boulder, The 
Sand Traverse Boulder (AKA The Mushroom Boulder), The 
Scoopula Boulder, The 
Various Areas 
Wash Boulder, The 

BETA PHOTO: Big Bend Boulders.

Description 

Lots of great boulders lie next to the highway under the shadow of Lighthouse and Dolomite Tower. Believe it or not, there are even jugs to pull on if your hands are too shredded to jam. How often do you see that on desert sandstone?


Getting There 

Drive north on River Road from Moab. A very short way past the Big Bend camping area, look for a parking area on the right(east) side of the road. This is the unmarked lot a short distance past the group camping spot. The boulders are obvious from the highway - look for the bright white chalk.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Big Bend Bouldering Area:
Leftover Lover   V0     Boulder   Flat Top Boulder
Center Start   V1     Boulder   The Black Box
Mr. Trujillo's Big Day   V2-     Boulder, 12 feet   Flat Top Boulder
Sand Traverse   V2     Boulder   The Sand Traverse Boulder (...
Slots of Fun   V2     Boulder   The Black Box
Arete Right Side   V3     Boulder   The Black Box
Arete Left Side   V3     Boulder   The Black Box
Rampage   V3     Boulder, 18 feet   Chaos Boulder
Circus Trick   V4     Boulder   Chaos Boulder
Brown Power   V4     Boulder, 1 pitch, 10 feet   Black Top Boulder
Washed Up   V4     Boulder   The Wash Boulder
Dyno for Dollars   V4     Boulder   Flat Top Boulder
Circus Trick Right   V5     Boulder, 15 feet   Chaos Boulder
Block Party   V5     Boulder, 12 feet   Black Top Boulder
Basketball Diaries   V5     Boulder, 20 feet   Army of Darkness Boulder
The Grim Reacher   V5     Boulder, 25 feet   Chaos Boulder
Chaos   V8     Boulder, 25 feet   Chaos Boulder
Sloper City   V8     Boulder, 15 feet   Various Areas
Hell Belly   V10-11     Boulder   Chaos Boulder
Phantom Fighter   V11     Boulder   Chaos Boulder
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Featured Route For Big Bend Bouldering Area
Brown Power runs straight up the middle

Brown Power V4  UT : Moab Area : ... : Black Top Boulder
Start both hands on the horizontal seam about head height and crank straight up over the roof. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in UT


Photos of Big Bend Bouldering Area Slideshow Add Photo
Big Bend My Friend

Big Bend My Friend

Kris on unknown problem, block box boulder???

Kris on unknown problem, block box boulder???

Guy climbing in the big bend area.  Not sure what boulder or problem.

Guy climbing in the big bend area. Not sure what ...

bouldering...

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Big Bend, Moab

Big Bend, Moab

Dakota working on something hard at Big Bend.

Dakota working on something hard at Big Bend.

my buddy bouldering at flat top <br />

my buddy bouldering at flat top


Does anyone know the name of this rock and the climb on the right?

Does anyone know the name of this rock and the cli...

More shots from big bend.

More shots from big bend.

Charles Vernon pullin' down.

Charles Vernon pullin' down.

Geoff on Rampage

Geoff on Rampage

Jason on Rampage, spot by Unger and K2.

Jason on Rampage, spot by Unger and K2.

Starting under the roof on Block Top Boulder...

Starting under the roof on Block Top Boulder...

Unknown arete problem in Big Bend.

Unknown arete problem in Big Bend.

Big Bend.

Big Bend.

Holly Huecos Batman!

Holly Huecos Batman!

Bouldering at Big Bend

Bouldering at Big Bend

Cold day at Big Bend <br />Photo by: Tyler Youngwerth

Cold day at Big Bend
Photo by: Tyler Youngwerth


flat top

flat top

These huecos are perfectly suited for a death grip!

These huecos are perfectly suited for a death grip...

photo by: Tyler Youngwerth

photo by: Tyler Youngwerth

Block Top Boulder V5 Crimpalicous Me working on it

BETA PHOTO: Block Top Boulder V5 Crimpalicous Me working on it

Camping at Big Bend.  Photo by Jason Urasky

Camping at Big Bend. Photo by Jason Urasky


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By Steven Senger
Jun 7, 2002

This area is fun. One time I came to Moab and spent an entire week in this area alone. There's a silly chimney traverse thing, a couple of crack deals, and a bunch of huecos! I still can't stick that last dyno on Circus Trick... The lonely boulder (a quarter mile down the road towards Moab and back down a short truck trail) has some super-sweet problems on it.

By Anonymous Coward
Nov 9, 2002

Anybody know about the hard problems at Big Bend? I think Phantom Fighter-sit is the Klem problem just to the right of circus trick. But where is Hell Belly? Any other hard problems? Moab has a ton of undeveloped hard problems-anyone have recomendations for stuff off the beaten path?

By Anonymous Coward
Mar 18, 2003

Just to the left of Chaos(V8), is a steep pinch problem with terrible heel scums(V11).

By Dave Jackson
Mar 11, 2006

This is the best place to boulder in the world! What an idillic setting, and the quantity of problems is remarkable! Even the sandstone is solid!! I spent an entire afternoon here and that wasn't even enough time to scratch the surface.

By EricW
From: Sandy, Ut
Feb 27, 2008

This place is great for a few days. Tent camping is a across the street. Lots of parking here as well. I think the problems are hard for the grade.Zero approach! Gets sun all day.

By Brian Scoggins
Oct 10, 2009

I just noticed that Big Bend is in the database twice. Here, and www.mountainproject.com/v/utah/moab_area/river_road/10571686>>>
Any possibility we can get them merged?