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Green Valley Lake Area Rock Climbing

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Areas in Green Valley Lake Area

Crab Valley 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 5

Crafts Peak 113 / 9 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 129 / 129

Crafts Peak West 13 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19 / 19

Green Valley Lake Pinnacles 15 / 1 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17 / 17

Moon Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2

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Elevation:	7,192 ft	2,192 m
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Description

Short trad formations, a few sport climbs, and many boulders scatter the hillsides.

Please respect the local ways, practice Leave No Trace, and be mindful. Thanks.

Climbing in Green Valley Lake area goes back to the 1980’s with resident Steve Untch and the earliest days of the Rim of the World Climbing Club crew, and perhaps even prior to as hinted at by the few rusty knifeblade pitons encountered.

Over the last decade many good boulder problems have been developed.

Access Issues:

Some forestry road gates have seasonal closures.

Please do not drive around the gates, be a good example, and help prevent further access issues. Thanks.

Please be respectful. Some areas while in the National Forest are very close to homes and backyards.

Getting There

Head east along Hwy 18, towards Big Bear, past the town of Running Springs. Shortly after the town of Arrowbear, take a sharp left at the "Green Valley Lake" sign to head up to the lake, which has a visible dam structure at its west end. About a mile after the dam, turn left onto Forest Road 2N13 to head northeast and then east.

Low Maintenance Rock, Designated Area Pinnacles, Natural Resources Rock, and High Profile Pinnacle are about 0.7 mile down 2N13.

At a Y-junction at the 1 mile mark, 2N13 continues left (indicated as 2N13i in book) toward Thin Things and Mr SB (high clearance), with 2N13D (no longer 2N19 as indicated in book) splitting to the right. The latter leads past roadside parkings for Big Mamma and Bleeding Wall (sedan accessible) and goes all the way to Crafts Peak (high clearance).

See Hidden Treasures 2002 for more details.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Green Valley Lake Area

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

V0 4 4 ● Moon Boulder / Soma Luna Boulder, Alpine Moon Boulders
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 8 ● Right Untch Crack Trad, Alpine Crafts Peak > S of the Ridge > (k) Untch Rock
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 9 ● Iceman Trad, Alpine Crafts Peak > S of the Ridge > (k) Untch Rock
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 4 ● Cool Arrow Trad, Alpine Crafts Peak > S of the Ridge > (k) Untch Rock
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 6 ● The Hex Files Trad, Alpine Crafts Peak > S of the Ridge > (k) Untch Rock
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 5 ● Sausage Medley Sport, Alpine Crafts Peak > S of the Ridge > (k) Untch Rock
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 5 ● Silence of the Cams Trad, Alpine Crafts Peak > S of the Ridge > (k) Untch Rock