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Mission Gorge Rock Climbing

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Areas in Mission Gorge

Alley Oop Boulder 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Limbo Area 23 / 18 / 29 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 53

Lunch Rock 16 / 7 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 25

Main Wall 32 / 25 / 22 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 65

Middle Earth 35 / 24 / 45 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 78

Mission Gorge Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20

Underworld, The 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

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Elevation:	330 ft	101 m
GPS:	32.8187, -117.056 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

Mission Gorge is located in the Mission Trails Regional Park.
Routes include trad, sport, and mixed lines on slick rock.

Getting There

Take Interstate 8 to the Mission Gorge/Fairmount exit. Take Mission Gorge Rd north and east then turn left into Mission Trails Regional Park on Father Juniper Trail Rd. Park along the road prior to the gates, or in the dirt parking lots next to the visitors center. The climbers loop trails are on the right side and are marked by kiosks.

249 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Mission Gorge

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

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 260 ● The Ramp Trad, TR Lunch Rock
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 337 ● The Tower Sport, TR Limbo Area > Trailside
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 239 ● Turkey Chute Trad, TR Limbo Area > Trailside
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 294 ● As the Crow Flies Sport Limbo Area > Trailside
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 188 ● Shadowfax Trad, TR Middle Earth > Lower Middle Earth
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 146 ● Craig's Crack Trad Limbo Area > Craig's Crack
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 4 ● Look Up Link Up Trad Middle Earth > Lower Middle Earth
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 304 ● Suzie's Wild Ride Sport Main Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 183 ● Karmic Relief Sport Middle Earth > Middle of Middle Earth
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 179 ● Orange Sunshine Sport Middle Earth > Middle of Middle Earth
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c V3 6A 9 ● Old School Problem 2 AKA South… Boulder Mission Gorge B… > Grinding Stones… > Big Orange Block (aka…
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 15 ● The Wasp Trad Main Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 7 ● Yellow Jacket Sport Main Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 8 ● The Thumb Sport Main Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b PG13 4 ● MissBeGettin Trad Main Wall