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Sunset Area Bouldering

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Areas in Sunset Area

Lava Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Lava Top Block 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Massie Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Sunset Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Wilburn Waters Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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GPS:	36.6333, -81.5089 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

This place is beautiful. It offers endless views, cool mornings and afternoons, a near constant breeze, and boulders to satisfy any taste. There are steep faces and slabs, lowballs and some of the highest concentration of thrilling highballs in the park.

This is also one of the furthest hikes in the park, taking around 30min to get to, but the views will occupy you time as you make the walk.

Once you get up to the Sunset Area, you will have the massive Sunset Boulder, the Lava Boulder, the Massie Boulder, and the Wilburn Waters Boulder to climb.

Plan to make visiting this area and the Horizon Area last all day, as you will likely end up staying there and enjoying the setting as much as the bouldering itself.

Getting There

Follow specific boulderfield access/directions in the GHSP Bouldering Guidebook, or GHSP's Rakkup Guidebook App

21 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Sunset Area

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

V0-1 4+ 4 ● Rift Boulder Lava Boulder
V1 5 5 ● Sunset Arête Boulder Sunset Boulder
V3 6A 7 ● All Things Considered Boulder Sunset Boulder