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Virgin Islands Area Rock Climbing

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Areas in Virgin Islands Area

Diamond Clump 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Human Sacrifice Boulder 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Lechlinski Crack Formation 6 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Little Europe 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Perpetual Motion Wall 13 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Ski Slope, The 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Star Wars Rock 7 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Volcano Boulder 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Volcano Vicinity 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Volcano, The 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

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Access Issue: Climbing Regulations/Seasonal Raptor Closures Details

The Joshua Tree National Park Superintendent's Compendium states that:
1. Vegetation is not allowed to be used as an anchor.
2. Only neutral or rock colored bolt hangers are allowed.

For a complete list of climbing rules and closures visit:
nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/…

Description

The Virgin Islands, despite it's ease of accessibilty, remains one of the quieter and less frequented climbing areas in the Park. The crowds are fewer here and the solitude, especially away from the road, is quite noticable.

The first documented climbing was done here in the early 1980's by the ubiquitous Tony Yaniro and Vaino Kodas who climbed the bulk of the best crack lines. Since then a number of quality crack and face climbs have been done with limited development continuing to this day.

Getting There

The Virgin Isles are reached by drving down the Geology Tour Road about 4.2 miles and parking in any of several pullouts along the side of the road.

The formations are easily visible from the road and hiking times vary from 5-20+ minutes with some scrambling typical.

Take care if driving a 2WD vehicle to park pointing downhill. Should you get stuck you can continue driving further down the road to a turnabout at Squaw Tank (1.1 miles down the road) which has a large area suitable for turning around.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Virgin Islands Area

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

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 90 ● Thumbs Down Left Trad Star Wars Rock
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 36 ● Lechlinski Cracks Trad Lechlinski Crack Form…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 5 ● On Cider Sport Little Europe
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 173 ● Light Sabre Trad Star Wars Rock
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 47 ● Between a Rock and a Hard Place Trad Star Wars Rock
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 86 ● Perpetual Motion Trad Perpetual Motion Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 83 ● Cedric's Deep Sea Fish Market Trad Star Wars Rock
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 16 ● Waugh Crack Trad Lechlinski Crack Form…
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 8 ● Centurion Trad Diamond Clump > Centurion
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 10 ● Hot Lava Sport Volcano Boulder
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 13 ● Walking on the Moon Trad Star Wars Rock