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Rock Creek Climbing

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Areas in Rock Creek

4:20 Wall 17 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 23

Back Stage, The 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Crank Face 0 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Davey Rock 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

East Fork Campground 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Elixir Wall 8 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Gong Show Wall 22 / 23 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 45

Granny Slab 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Hon Yak 5 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Inconsiderate Wall 10 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Iris Slab 9 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Juniper Wall 14 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Magnus Pillar 8 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

North End 4 / 12 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Patricia Bowl 37 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 42

Patricia Peak 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Pyramid Wall 7 / 8 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Rock Creek Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 59 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 59

Saguaro Slab 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Skidrow Wilsom Wall 14 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Solstice Wall 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Starr Wall 6 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Sugar Mountain 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

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Description

Amazing Sierra granite with great trad and sport routes. Located in between Bishop and Mammoth this area is mostly a summertime area since the elevation sees enough snowfall to affect climbing.

Getting There

Take the 395 south from Mammoth or North from Bishop till you reach Tom's Place. take this road south up into the canyon and you will see the formations on the west side of the canyon.

338 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Rock Creek

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

V4 6B 117 ● Weapon of Choice Boulder Rock Creek Boul… > Campground Boulder
V4 6B 72 ● Groove and Arete Boulder Rock Creek Boul… > Boy Named Sue Boulder
V6 7A 52 ● Osama Boulder Rock Creek Boul… > Campground Boulder
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 138 ● Boi-oi-oi-ing! Trad 3 pitches Patricia Bowl > Orange Pillar
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 196 ● Sideshow Sport Gong Show Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 141 ● Modern Trad Trad Patricia Bowl > First Cliff
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 167 ● He She Sport Gong Show Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 180 ● Wages of Skin Trad Gong Show Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 108 ● Sons of Liberty Trad Patricia Bowl > First Cliff
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 40 ● Eavesdropping Trad Gong Show Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 75 ● Switch Hitter Sport Gong Show Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 60 ● Last Exit Trad Gong Show Wall
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 38 ● High Expectations Trad Patricia Bowl > Orange Pillar
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 65 ● Pie in the Sky Trad 2 pitches Patricia Bowl > First Cliff
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 64 ● Anything Goes Sport Gong Show Wall