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Poon Dome

California > Joshua Tree NP > Hidden Valley Area > Real Hidden Valley > Land that Time Forgot
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Description

This is the next rock, to the south of The Cathouse. The climbing is on a low-angle slab on the southwest side.
The routes are run-out.

Getting There

Park in the turn-out, just past The Milestone. Head southwest to the to the boulder gully between The Cathouse and Poon Tang Rock.
Follow this to a notch beneath The Cathouse Left Side and contour around, left, to the base of the slab.

You can also approach via the valley that runs north from the Real Hidden Valley Loop Trail past the Brown Wall, Lower and Upper Cow walls, etc. but you end up boulder hopping up to the base of the wall. Not awful, but the Cathouse approach is much more efficient.

Routes from Left to Right

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
 1
Spoonful
Trad
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 3
Push the Bush
Sport
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 10
Poon
Trad
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a R
 1
Tang
Trad
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 9
The Astronauts Drink It
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Spoonful
 1
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R Trad
Push the Bush
 3
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Poon
 10
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
Tang
 1
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a R Trad
The Astronauts Drink It
 9
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Sport

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Meg Kee on ADI.
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Poon Tang Rock.<br>
Photo by Blitzo.
[Hide Photo] Poon Tang Rock. Photo by Blitzo.