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Santa Ana Mountains Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Santa Ana Mountains

Bell View 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Black Star Canyon Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Black Star Canyon Sport Climbing 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

El Cariso 9 / 8 / 7 / 59 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 76

Jurassic Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

KinderCare Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 19 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Main Divide 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Middle San Juan Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Ortega Falls 13 / 1 / 21 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36

Robinson Ranch 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

San Juan Canyon 3 / 4 / 7 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Santiago Oaks Regional Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Tenaja Falls 1 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Tenaja Falls Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Trabuco Creek 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Upper Candy Store Boulders 2 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Upper San Juan Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

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Description

The Santa Ana Mountains are the eastern boundary of the Los Angeles basin. They are peaked by the "Saddleback" formation of Santiago and Modjeska Peaks, both over 4,000 feet in elevation. The crest of the range forms part of the border between Orange and Riverside Counties. Most of the public land here is part of the Cleveland National Forest.

The range has some good bouldering areas, including the two best known, El Cariso and Ortega Falls. A few crags here also have small single pitch roped routes, but overall the rock here is short.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Santa Ana Mountains

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

V0 4 11 ● Choss Boss Splitter Boulder KinderCare Boulders
V2 5+ 4 ● Forex Boulder El Cariso > Ridge Trail > Goomba
V3 6A 5 ● Sticks and Stones Boulder KinderCare Boulders
V4 6B 9 ● El Chorizo Boulder El Cariso > Aid Hill > El Chorizo
V4 6B 4 ● Batmantle Boulder Trabuco Creek > Batman Boulder
V4-5 6B+ 4 ● Batshit (AKA Guano) Boulder Trabuco Creek > Batman Boulder
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 91 ● Dihedral Trad, TR Ortega Falls > Toprope Wall
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 46 ● Horn Trad, TR Ortega Falls > Toprope Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 75 ● Fingers Trad, TR Ortega Falls > Toprope Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 25 ● Route 1 Sport, TR San Juan Canyon
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 13 ● Steak n' Potatoes TR Ortega Falls > Toprope Wall
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 45 ● Polished Trad, TR Ortega Falls > Toprope Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 13 ● Unknown Sport, TR San Juan Canyon
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 20 ● Splitter Trad, TR Ortega Falls > Toprope Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 10 ● Route 3 Sport, TR San Juan Canyon