City of Rocks Bouldering Climbing

Finding Bouldering:

Boulders in the city of rocks are often concentrated around campsites or around popular rope climbing arias. Many of these arias have been assembled and been posted online. But a lot of boulders, both with first ascents and without, have not been uploaded. 

For instructions on how to get to City of Rocks please reference the main City of rocks page.

Camping:

There are a few options for camping in the city of rocks:

• BLM land:

One option is camping in nearby BLM land. See diagram in the photos section. Information from CRAG (Climbing Resource Advisory Group) and posted by Mike Engle.

• In Park campsites:

The second, and more popular option, is camping in City of Rocks. These campsites have pit toilets and are often within walking distance of major rope climbing arias and/or have bouldering in the campsite. A drawback to these campsites is there is a lot of competition during the prime climbing season, spring and fall, and they fill up months in advance. City of rocks used to use Reserve America to book campsites but recently that sight has been taken down. The best alternative I have found is the following link:

https://getoutside.idaho.gov/city-of-rocks/camping 

To see a list of offered campsites and photos follow this link:

https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?pg=481216&id=8044A09A-5074-455F-BC9D-B8165A2FFFD1 

For more information the National Parks Service has a comprehensive page:

https://www.nps.gov/ciro/planyourvisit/camping.htm 

• Permanent structure camping: 

City of Rocks also offers visitor stays at Yurts, Lodges, and bunkhouses. 

Follow this link for those resources:

https://www.nps.gov/ciro/planyourvisit/lodging.htm