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Lost Horse Area Rock Climbing

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Areas in Lost Horse Area

[Redacted] 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Aiguille de Joshua Tree 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Atlantis Area 42 / 1 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 46

Banana Cracks 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Beetle Buttress 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Brian's Crag 10 / 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Candlestein Pass 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Cathouse, The 23 / 1 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26

Cockroach Crag 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Copenhagen Wall 4 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Dairy Queen Wall 38 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 43

Dungeon, The 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Filipino Wall 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Freeway Wall 25 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26

Hemingway Buttress 51 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 56

Hill Street Blues 7 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Hippodrome Area 7 / 1 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Imaginary Voyage Formation 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

IRS Wall 13 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Jellystone 26 / 2 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 35

Jimmy Cliff 20 / 1 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Kaleidoscope Wall 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Ken Black Memorial Dome 12 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Kenai Crag, The 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Koala Kai Rock 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Left Hand of Darkness 28 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 31

Lloyd's Rock 5 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Lost Horse Wall 14 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Mel's Diner 21 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 23

Micro Crag 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Mindless Mound 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Moving to Montana Boulder 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Pet Rock 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Pickle Me Rock 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Pinyon Crag 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Playhouse Rock 15 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Poetry Rock 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Ranger Station Rock 15 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Rock Garden Valley 36 / 1 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 47

S-Crack Formation 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Sparky Slab 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Super Creeps Wall 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Super Freaks Wall 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Super Heros Wall 11 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Tiny Tots Rock 6 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Uncle Remus Block 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Voice's Crag 12 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Elevation:	4,100 ft
GPS:	34.021, -116.179 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Mike Morley on Jun 14, 2002
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Description

The Lost Horse Area covers popular rocks including The Lost Horse Wall, Hemingway Buttress, Dairy Queen Wall, Freeway Wall, Shorter Wall, Tiny Tots, Atlantis Wall, and others. Count on crowds at popular areas such as DQ, Hemingway, and Lost Horse Wall. Shorter Wall and Atlantis are popular with larger groups due to the high density of moderates. The South Side of Lost Horse Wall boasts some of the longer routes in the Park including classics Dappled Mare and Bird on a Wire (not to be confused with 'Bird of Fire' - that's in a completely different area!).

Getting There

Lost Horse is located between Quail Springs (Trashcan Rock) and Hidden Valley Campground on the south side of Quail Springs Road. Approach via the designated Hemingway parking area along Quail Springs Road for the following rocks: DQ, IRS, Copenhagen, Hemingway. Approach along the dirt road to Lost Horse Ranger Station (several pullouts, but limited parking) for the following: Freeway Wall, Tiny Tots, Rock Garden, Shorter Wall, Lost Horse, and Atlantis.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Lost Horse Area

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a X 153 ● Aiguille de Joshua Tree (aka The… Trad Aiguille de Joshua Tree
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 794 ● White Lightning Trad Hemingway Buttress > Hemingway Buttress (E…
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 181 ● Leap Year Flake Trad Dairy Queen Wall > Dairy Queen Wall - Le…
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 578 ● Dappled Mare Trad 4 pitches Lost Horse Wall > Lost Horse Wall - Rig…
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 210 ● Cakewalk Trad Freeway Wall > Upper Freeway Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 362 ● Overseer Trad Hemingway Buttress > Hemingway Buttress (E…
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 201 ● Rock Candy Trad Rock Garden Valley > Rock Garden Valley -…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 129 ● Head Over Heals Trad Hemingway Buttress > Hemingway Buttress (E…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 391 ● Tax Man Trad IRS Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 382 ● Bird on a Wire Trad 3 pitches Lost Horse Wall > Lost Horse Wall - Rig…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 304 ● Prepackaged Trad Hemingway Buttress > Hemingway Buttress (E…
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 330 ● Poodles are People Too Trad Hemingway Buttress > Hemingway Buttress (E…
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 96 ● Anacram Trad Freeway Wall > Upper Freeway Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 92 ● Imaginary Voyage Trad Imaginary Voyage Form…
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 88 ● Alf's Arete Sport IRS Wall