San Diego County Climbing

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Areas in San Diego County

North San Diego County 364 / 82 / 293 / 685 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 1 / 1,256

San Diego County Desert Area 8 / 3 / 20 / 431 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 454

South San Diego County 309 / 399 / 179 / 302 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 7 / 1,044

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Welcome to the San Diego section of MountainProject.com. San Diego has several well known and well-respected climbing areas. The county has been divided into North and South sections roughly divided by highway 52.

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Classic Climbing Routes at San Diego County

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

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 196 ● Meteor Sport 4 pitches S San Diego County > … > Wedge > Left Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 317 ● Leonids Sport 3 pitches S San Diego County > … > Wedge > Left Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 139 ● Out of Sight Trad N San Diego County > Mt Woodson > Out of Sight Boulder…
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 93 ● Big Grunt TR N San Diego County > Mt Woodson > Poison Oak Boulder Area
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 341 ● Robbins Crack Trad N San Diego County > Mt Woodson > Robbins Boulder
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 159 ● Rockwork Orange Trad N San Diego County > Mt Woodson > Rockwork Orange Boulder
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 146 ● Sunset Streaks Sport 5 pitches S San Diego County > Corte Madera > Main Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 132 ● Crucible Trad, TR N San Diego County > … > Summit Area > Summit Area West
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 121 ● Cruise Line Sport 5 pitches S San Diego County > Eagle Peak > Left Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 127 ● The Cave TR N San Diego County > … > Cave Area > Left Side of the Rd
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 101 ● Triton Tower Sport 3 pitches S San Diego County > … > Wedge > Triton Tower
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c V1 5 179 ● Jaws Trad, Boulder N San Diego County > … > Jaws Boulder Area > Jaws Vicinity
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 81 ● Cat Crack Trad, TR N San Diego County > Mt Woodson > Rexrodes
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 108 ● Uncertainty Principle TR N San Diego County > Mt Woodson > Uncertainty Principle…
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 61 ● Hard as Nails Trad, TR N San Diego County > Mt Woodson > Seminar Wall Area