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Real Hidden Valley Bouldering Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Real Hidden Valley Bouldering

Real Hidden Valley Circuit 0 / 0 / 0 / 31 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 31

Semi-Precious Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Turtle Rock Circuit 0 / 0 / 0 / 45 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 45

Yeah Boulders, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Elevation:	4,200 ft
GPS:	34.01273, -116.16842 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	C Miller on Feb 7, 2005
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Description

Real Hidden Valley Bouldering is made up of the Real Hidden Valley Circuit, which is centered around the namesake Real Hidden Valley, and the Turtle Rock Circuit, which is just to the south and centered about the large mass of Turtle Rock.

The Real Hidden Valley Circuit has a number of good problems from V-easy to V6, most of which are scattered about various boulders near the entrance to Real Hidden Valley proper although there are exceptions. Notable problems include the highball Betty Jo Yablonksi (V0 R) up a vertical face with horizontals to an exciting finish, Saturday Night Live (V4) a much photographed and kinesthetically pleasing dyno problem and Kirkatron (V5) a shorter but more difficult version of the ever popular Gunsmoke.

The Turtle Rock Circuit is the more extensive of the two and has a wide range of problems from V-easy to V11 with many quality problems V5 and under making this a great area for easy to moderate boulering. Some of the better problems here include Classic Curl (V0+), Turtle Face Center (V2), Block Party (V3), Digitalis Destructi (V4 R) and So High (V5 R).

Getting There

Park in the large Real Hidden Valley parking area (it can get very crowded on the weekends and during the holidays and spring break) and make a short walk to the boulders.

Betty Jo Yablonski and the aptly named Entrance Boulder are visible at the start of the nature trail, while the Saturday Night Live Boulder lies to the west along a trail on the way to Houser Buttress.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Real Hidden Valley Bouldering

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

V-easy 3 59 ● Northwest Arete Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > Wedge Boulder
V0- 4- 40 ● Right Arete Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > Wedge Boulder
V0+ 4+ 25 ● [Redacted] Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > Hat
V1- 5- 25 ● Classic Curl Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > Black Velvet Boulder
V1 5 63 ● Turtle Face, Left Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > Wedge Boulder
V1 5 39 ● Morning Glory Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > Wave Boulder
V1+ 5 76 ● Turnbuckle Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > Turnbuckle Rock
V2 5+ 24 ● Turtle Face Center Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > Wedge Boulder
V3 6A R 11 ● Shipwreck Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > Shipwreck Boulder
V3 6A R 10 ● Act of Contrition Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > Broken Egg
V4 6B 152 ● Saturday Night Live Boulder Real Hidden Val… > Saturday Night Live B…
V5 6C R 13 ● So High Boulder Turtle Rock Cir… > So High Boulder
V5 6C 4 ● Yeah April Boulder Yeah Boulders
V6 7A 3 ● Ceasar's Palace Boulder Real Hidden Val… > Entrance Boulde… > Entrance Boulder
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a V0 4 R 63 ● Betty Jo Yablonksi Boulder Real Hidden Val… > Entrance Boulde… > Betty Jo Rock