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Santa Monica Mountains Climbing

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Areas in Santa Monica Mountains

*Santa Monica Mountains Bouldering 0 / 0 / 4 / 188 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 189

Bee Rock (Griffith Park) 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Boney Bluff 0 / 19 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Bronson Canyon/The Bat Cave 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Calabasas Peak 5 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Castro Mesa Buttress 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Echo Cliffs 1 / 191 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 193

Exchange Peak 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Hueco Wall 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Lookout, The 0 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Malibu Creek State Park 0 / 140 / 32 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 171

Mount Olympus 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Old LA Zoo 0 / 0 / 0 / 61 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 61

Paleface 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Party Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Pico Raquelita 1 / 7 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Piuma Mountain Cliffs 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Point Dume 0 / 1 / 12 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Point Mugu 1 / 1 / 10 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Saddle Peak 8 / 54 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 61

Tick Rock 1 / 16 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Top Hat 1 / 8 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

UCLA 0 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

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Elevation:	2,370 ft	722 m
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Description

Santa Monica Mountains rise above Los Angeles, widen to meet the curve of Santa Monica Bay and reach their highest peaks facing the ocean, forming a beautiful and multi-faceted landscape
Covering 250 square miles, rising out of the Pacific Ocean to a height over 3,000'. The mountain range was driven up from the sea over 10 million years ago. Weathering created rugged landscapes of canyons up to 2,000' deep with unique rock formations.
Located in a Mediterranean ecosystem, the Santa Monica Mountains contain a wide variety of plants and wildlife.

Climate

Santa Monica Mountains have a dry, warm to humid summers and wet, mild to cool winters

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Classic Climbing Routes at Santa Monica Mountains

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

5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 245 ● The Guillotine Sport Echo Cliffs > Alcove
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 167 ● Espresso Sport Echo Cliffs > Java Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 243 ● Johnny Can't Lead Sport Malibu Creek SP > Ghetto Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 68 ● Windfall Sport Echo Cliffs > Treasure Towers
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 165 ● Marauding Monkeys Sport Malibu Creek SP > Mt Gorgeous
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 107 ● Caffeine Sport Echo Cliffs > Java Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 104 ● Feel The Bern Sport Malibu Creek SP > Mt Gorgeous
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 84 ● Java Sport Echo Cliffs > Java Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 159 ● Urban Struggle Sport Malibu Creek SP > Ghetto Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 53 ● Pretty in Pink Sport Echo Cliffs > Pink Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 95 ● The Drifter Sport Malibu Creek SP > Century Lake Area > Drifter Wall
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 60 ● Choptop Sport Echo Cliffs > White Wall
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 37 ● Crash and Burn Sport Echo Cliffs > Kamikaze Cave
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 28 ● State of Grace Sport Echo Cliffs > White Wall
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 39 ● Ghetto Blaster Sport Malibu Creek SP > Ghetto Wall