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Flash Gordon Area Bouldering

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Areas in Flash Gordon Area

Chicken Shack, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Creekin' Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Dead Tree Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Dike Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Excavation Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Flash Gordon Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Moon Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Quinn's Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Rhino Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Rock Candy 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Rufus Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Taco Truck Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Warm-Up Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

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Access Issue: Remember to fill out a wilderness permit, even if climbing for the day! Details

Permits can be acquired at the ranger station on the way to the boulders from the upper Tramway station.

Description

The Flash Gordon Area is a collection of problems in a side canyon on the right side of the trail between the Long Valley and Trailside Areas. Problems of all sorts and grades are found here with short one-move-wonders, long traverses, scary highballs, slabs and roofs.

Some of the better problems here include the Tree Problem (V0-), Serpentine Ridge (V0- R), Another Tree Problem (V0+), Sea of Tranquility (V1 R), Buck Rogers (V2), Flash Gordon (V3), Rufus (V5), The Rhino (V7 R), The Elf (V8) and the Mr. Smiley Traverse (V10).

Getting There

Hike past the Ranger Station and the trail junction bearing right and continue for about 100 meters to a spot where the trail crosses a slab of granite. From here veer right at about 2 o'clock and follow a trail which leads to the mouth of the canyon - the Warm-up Boulder will be quickly visible on the right side of the trail.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Flash Gordon Area

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

V-easy 3 PG13 6 ● Dike Line Boulder Dike Boulder
V-easy 3 PG13 13 ● Oceanus Boulder Moon Boulder
V0- 4- R 11 ● Serpentine Ridge Boulder Moon Boulder
V0+ 4+ 16 ● Another Tree Problem Boulder Warm-Up Boulder
V1 5 25 ● The Ledge Boulder Warm-Up Boulder
V1 5 R 31 ● Sea of Tranquility Boulder Moon Boulder
V1 5 8 ● Super Chicken Boulder Dead Tree Boulder
V2 5+ 62 ● Buck Rogers Boulder Flash Gordon Boulder
V2 5+ 7 ● Tom Slick Boulder Dead Tree Boulder
V3 6A 57 ● Flash Gordon Boulder Flash Gordon Boulder
V3 6A 15 ● Buck Rodgers Variation Boulder Flash Gordon Boulder
V3 6A 10 ● Unknown Boulder Dead Tree Boulder
V5 6C 9 ● Rufus Boulder Rufus Boulder
V7 7A+ 6 ● Chadinator Boulder Flash Gordon Boulder