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Hound Rock Climbing
Routes in Hound Rock
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An Eye to the West T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Crescent Wrench T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Direct Wrench TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Over The Hill T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Tossed Green T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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White Powder T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
| Elevation: | 3,987 ft |
| GPS: | 34.033, -116.202 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
| Page Views: | 3,860 total · 22/month |
| Shared By: | C Miller on Feb 12, 2004 |
| Admins: | C Miller, M. Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer suchoski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
Description
Hound Rock is the large formation directly behind Baskerville Rock and is home to a number of good crack climbs. The two most popular are Tossed Green (5.10a) a nice thin crack and Crescent Wrench (5.10d) a curving crack with a difficult finish. Additionally there are a number of moderate cracks on the backside which despite having been climbed for many years have not seen any real documentation.
A novelty from the olden days is the "Valley of Trash", a collection of rusted cans, bed springs and assorted metal objects which lie in the depression at the base of the east face. Please leave these undisturbed for others to enjoy as they are protected by law.
This is a good wall to visit in conjunction with a trip to Baskerville Rock and/or the White Cliffs Of Dover as there are many excellent cracks to do in this area.
Routes from left to right
Direct Wrench (5.11a)
Crescent Wrench (5.10d)
An Eye to the West (5.9)
Tossed Green (5.10a)
White Powder (5.7)
Over The Hill (5.9)
Animalitos (5.11b R)
Animalargos (5.11c R)
A novelty from the olden days is the "Valley of Trash", a collection of rusted cans, bed springs and assorted metal objects which lie in the depression at the base of the east face. Please leave these undisturbed for others to enjoy as they are protected by law.
This is a good wall to visit in conjunction with a trip to Baskerville Rock and/or the White Cliffs Of Dover as there are many excellent cracks to do in this area.
Routes from left to right
Direct Wrench (5.11a)
Crescent Wrench (5.10d)
An Eye to the West (5.9)
Tossed Green (5.10a)
White Powder (5.7)
Over The Hill (5.9)
Animalitos (5.11b R)
Animalargos (5.11c R)
Classic Climbing Routes at Hound Rock
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
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Anyone care to offer up some names and ratings?
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Tucker? Nov 25, 2007
Joshua Tree, California
I talked to Tucker today about these cracks;..he says there are about a dozen of them;...from 5.6 to 5.10..and he has done them all...he had a topo, and we looked for the topo...but couldn't find it....I'll try again... May 29, 2010