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Army of Darkness Boulder
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Black Top Boulder
Chaos Boulder
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Hidden Crack Boulder, The
Hueco Traverse Boulder, The
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Big Bend Bouldering Area

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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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Big Bend My Friend	Kris on unknown problem, block box boulder???	Guy climbing in the big bend area. Not sure what ...
BETA PHOTO: bouldering...	BETA PHOTO	Big Bend, Moab
Dakota working on something hard at Big Bend.	my buddy bouldering at flat top	Does anyone know the name of this rock and the cli...
More shots from big bend.	Charles Vernon pullin' down.	Geoff on Rampage
Jason on Rampage, spot by Unger and K2.	Starting under the roof on Block Top Boulder...	Unknown arete problem in Big Bend.
Big Bend.	Holly Huecos Batman!	Bouldering at Big Bend
Cold day at Big Bend Photo by: Tyler Youngwerth	flat top	These huecos are perfectly suited for a death grip...
photo by: Tyler Youngwerth	BETA PHOTO: Block Top Boulder V5 Crimpalicous Me working on it	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?