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East Side Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in East Side

Back Door, The 2 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Behind the Monolith 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Camel, The 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Condor Gulch 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Discovery Wall 27 / 17 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 42

Frog, The 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Gerties Pinnacle 0 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Hand, The 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Hatchet, The 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1

Heffalump 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

High Peaks Trail 6 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Ignorable Cliffs, The 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Kasparek's Ridge 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Love Handles, The 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Marmot Rocks 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Men at Work Boulder 0 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Monolith 9 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 33

Moses Springs Wall 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Peaks View Pinnacle 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Sisters, The 6 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Snake Bend Wall (The Skreetching Halt!), The 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Teaching Rock 0 / 2 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Thumb, The 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Tiburcio's X 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Tourist Trap 6 / 4 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Upper Crust 2 / 10 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Yaks, The 7 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

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Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Closures Details

Always check this web page before you visit for current conditions and nesting closures:

Current Raptor Advisories for Pinnacles National Park nps.gov/pinn/planyourvisit/…
and
pinnacles.org/climbing_info…
Closures effective as of the day after Martin Luther King Day- July 3. Check closure website for details on closed areas.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Condors have been establishing nests at the Pinnacles National Monument. Since condors develop to fledgling more slowly than raptors and vultures closures due to condor nesting is extended past the usual Martin Luther King Day to July 3rd. Again, please check the "Current Raptor Advisory" section of the NPS website and/or the Friends of Pinnacles website for current closures.

As of July 2024 there are three active Condor nests at Pinnacles National Park.

The Machete Ridge area is closed from Pigeon Crack on west face then west around the south side to The Hideout including the popular Old Original.

All climbing routes at Crowley Towers are closed.

All routes on the Yaks and Yaks Wall plus Marauder.

Description

Includes areas approached from the East Entrance.

Getting There

Three main trailheads Bear Gulch, High Peaks and Condor Gulch provide access to the climbs in this area.

186 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at East Side

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

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b R 178 ● Portent Trad, TR Discovery Wall
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 140 ● Rat Race Trad, TR Tourist Trap
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 146 ● Ordeal Trad Discovery Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R 155 ● Subterranean Tango Sport Monolith > E Face
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 117 ● Cantaloupe of Death Sport Monolith > E Face
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 8 ● Split Infinity Sport Yaks > Yaks Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 179 ● Post Orgasmic Depression(AKA P.O… Sport Monolith > E Face
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 78 ● Foreplay Sport Monolith > E Face
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 26 ● Cosmos Sport Discovery Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 116 ● The Verdict (direct) Sport Discovery Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 22 ● Auto Cream AKA Sunwheel Sport Back Door
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 76 ● Feed the Beast Sport Monolith > E Face
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 30 ● Cataract Corner Sport Monolith > N Face
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 12 ● Ranger Bolts (aka Move over Rover) Sport Monolith > W Face
5.14a/b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b 4 ● West of the Sun Sport Monolith > W Face