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Sad Boulders Climbing

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Areas in Sad Boulders

Birth of the Cool Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Brown Slab 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Bruiser Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Central Joyless Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Death Star Cave 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Dragon Cave 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Eastern Rim 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Humpty Dumpty Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Ice Caves 0 / 0 / 0 / 32 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

Ice Caves, Outer Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 23 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 23

Kindergarten Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 22 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 22

Kung-Fu Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Los Locos Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Misery Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Molly Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Pow Pow Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Prozac Nation Bluffs 0 / 0 / 0 / 33 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 33

Rio's Crack Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Sad Parrot Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Strength in Numbers Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

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Elevation:	4,196 ft	1,279 m
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Description

Bishop Tuff boulders like the Happy Boulders, but can be cooler in spots due to the narrow, catacomb-like channels and caves. The area has a dense collection of problems, but caters more to climbers in the V5 - V10 range than the neighboring Happy Boulders, although some easier classics such as China Doll (V0), Big Slab (V0), Prozac Nation (V2), Humpty Dumpty (V3), Still Life (V3), and Professional Widow (V4) do exist.

Getting There

From Bishop take road 6 North. Left on Five Bridges Road. Left again on Chalk Bluff Road. Park in pullout on your left after about a mile. The Sads can also be approached from Casa Diablo Road, but the parking lot at the top of the canyon is small and parking off road is highly discouraged by the BLM.

235 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Sad Boulders

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

V0 4 275 ● China Doll Boulder Molly Area
V4 6B 13 ● Professional Widow Boulder Kindergarten Area > Tim's Highball Boulder
V4 6B 6 ● Cream Horn Boulder Ice Caves
V4 6B 86 ● Mothership Connection Boulder Ice Caves
V4 6B 289 ● The Fang Boulder Sad Parrot Area > Bird Cage Boulder
V4 6B 76 ● Whiskey, Beer and Spliff Hits fo… Boulder Kindergarten Area > Rim Job Boulder
V5 6C 183 ● Strength in Numbers (Original SIN) Boulder Strength in Num… > Strength in Numbers
V5 6C 232 ● Molly Boulder Molly Area
V5 6C 94 ● Anti-Hero Boulder Death Star Cave
V6 7A 64 ● Rio's Crack Boulder Rio's Crack Area
V6 7A 96 ● French Press Boulder Misery Area > Misery Cave
V7 7A+ 17 ● Lawnmower Man Boulder Los Locos Area
V7 7A+ 12 ● Los Locos Boulder Los Locos Area
V8 7B 71 ● Pow Pow Boulder Pow Pow Area > Pow Pow Alcove
V9 7C 22 ● Slunk Boulder Kindergarten Area > Slunk Boulder