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Glen Canyon Bouldering

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Areas in Glen Canyon

Hillside Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Main Cliff Band 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Thistle Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Unnatural Act Cave, The 0 / 0 / 3 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

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Elevation:	490 ft	149 m
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The BACC (Bay Area Climbers Coalition) has an excellent Glen Canyon climbing page bayareaclimberscoalition.or… on their site detailing banned and permitted climbing areas here.

Description

This bouldering area is located inside the city of San Francisco in Glen Canyon park, this offers the best and most varied bouldering in the city.

There are also several top rope possibilities, though for most options you should bring slings and trad gear. A few bolts do exist, but there are not enough to consider this a top-roping area.

Climbing is on very sharp, juggy rock that presents itself as large flakes, mostly pointing up. This rock is known as Radiolarite.

Climbing off is simple, walk off to the hillside above, and walk back down the other side.

Getting There

To get to Glen Canyon, go into San Francisco and find your way onto the 280. Exit on the Monterey Blvd exit, and take a sharp right ontoMonterey Blvd.Take a quick left on Diamond Street, and 1/3 of a mile later go left on Bosworth.

Go a block, and head right on Elk street, which up the hill willrun into Berkeley Way. You should go left on Berkeley way, andthen another left on Crags Court. At the end of Crags Court, you'll find a turn around, where you can park. You'll find the park itself by taking the trail that leads from the end of the cul-de-sac and heads downhill into the open Glen Canyon Park.

Access

The BACC (Bay Area Climbers Coalition) has an excellent Glen Canyon climbing page on their site.

27 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Glen Canyon

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

V0 4 12 ● Hand Crack Boulder Main Cliff Band
V0 4 12 ● Splitter Crack Boulder Unnatural Act Cave
V1 5 14 ● Jugs Boulder Main Cliff Band
V1 5 R 8 ● The Natural Act TR, Boulder Unnatural Act Cave
V1 5 PG13 4 ● Slip n Slide (M-1) Boulder Unnatural Act Cave
V2 5+ 16 ● The Prow Boulder Main Cliff Band
V3- 6A 23 ● Thistle Arete Boulder Thistle Boulder
V4 6B 4 ● Thistle boulder eliminate Boulder Thistle Boulder
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c V3 6A X 6 ● The Unnatural Act TR, Boulder Unnatural Act Cave