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Mount Woodson Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Mount Woodson

Adams Boulder 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Ancient Abyss 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Boulder 13 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

California Night Area 2 / 0 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Cave Area, The 11 / 0 / 14 / 6 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 22

Central Oaks Area 2 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Fry Koegel Trail 25 / 7 / 10 / 14 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 47

Goblin Boulders, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Grand Central Station 3 / 0 / 4 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Hamburger Crack Area 3 / 1 / 1 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Hanging Garden area 3 / 0 / 0 / 26 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

Hear My Train A Comin' Boulder 2 / 0 / 4 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 4

Jaws Boulder Area 7 / 0 / 3 / 21 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 27

Lake Poway 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Little Italy 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Masters of the Universe 4 / 0 / 2 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Milkbar Boulder 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Missing Link Area, The 1 / 0 / 2 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Mother Superior Boulder 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Mount Woodson South 18 / 5 / 30 / 25 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 62

Nine Stories Area 2 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Northern Territories, The 13 / 5 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 18

Out of Sight Boulder Area 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Patio Boulder, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Playground Area, The 4 / 0 / 11 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Poison Oak Boulder Area 11 / 3 / 21 / 5 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 34

Practice Boulder 1 / 0 / 1 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Rexrodes 8 / 0 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Robbins Boulder 2 / 0 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 5

Rockwork Orange Boulder 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2

School Yard Area, The 6 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Seminar Wall Area 3 / 0 / 12 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Sherwood Forest 1 / 0 / 4 / 19 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 23

South Slope, The 1 / 0 / 2 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

South West Slope 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Summit Area, The 14 / 3 / 20 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 41

Sunday Afternoon Boulder 4 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 5

Tower 1 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Tower One Area 1 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Tower Two Area 14 / 0 / 9 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 27

Uncertainty Principle Area 7 / 1 / 14 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 28

Y Crack Area 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Yoav Cracks, The 2 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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Description

Mount Woodson is a San Diego classic with short climbs on great granite. Woodson is made up of hundreds of boulders of all sizes. This area has been known in the past as a bouldering area, however, there are good top rope and lead climbs as well. Woodson has some great practice aid routes to train on. Woodson has a paved road you can walk up and access the various climbs from as you walk to the antennas at the top of the mountain. Beware if you do not know where you are going you can end up doing a lot of bushwhacking to get to climbs.

This google map will help you find most of the more popular routes and quite a few more obscure ones.

Beyond the old classics, a lot of new traffic has brought about some outstanding albeit hard new classics.

For some history, read Bob Van Belles 1989 climbing magazine article "Premium Miniatures" and "Why Mount Woodson is a Cult-Classic Crag" (2023) by Tate McFadden.

Getting There

Take Hwy 8 to the 67. Go on the 67 for approximately 17 miles. When you get to the Poway Road junction 14 miles from Hwy 8 continue 3 more miles on the 67. You'll see Mount Woodson littered with boulders on the left side of the road. There is parking along the 67 near the Forest service fire station.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Mount Woodson

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

V7 7A+ 44 ● The Fake Eppulator Boulder Jaws Boulder Area > Eppulator Vicinity
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 139 ● Out of Sight Trad Out of Sight Boulder…
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 93 ● Big Grunt TR Poison Oak Boulder Area
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 340 ● Robbins Crack Trad Robbins Boulder
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 159 ● Rockwork Orange Trad Rockwork Orange Boulder
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 40 ● Victory at Sea Trad, TR Fry Koegel Trail > Lighthouse Area
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 132 ● Crucible Trad, TR Summit Area > Summit Area West
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 127 ● The Cave TR Cave Area > Left Side of the Rd
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 51 ● Starface TR Cave Area > Left Side of the Rd
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c V1 5 179 ● Jaws Trad, Boulder Jaws Boulder Area > Jaws Vicinity
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 80 ● Cat Crack Trad, TR Rexrodes
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 108 ● Uncertainty Principle TR Uncertainty Principle…
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 51 ● Alcoa TR Cave Area > Left Side of the Rd
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 61 ● Hard as Nails Trad, TR Seminar Wall Area
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a 27 ● Mother Superior Trad, TR Mother Superior Boulder