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West Elden Bouldering

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Routes in West Elden

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	Bonobo V5 6C
	Dad's Prow V10 7C+
	Exit Strategy V10 7C+
	Flow Meter V8-9 7B+
	Heart of Darkness V8 7B
	Impossible Problem, The V4 6B
	Lorax, The V7 7A+
	Magic Static V5+ 6C+ R
	Merchants warm up V0-1 4+
	Micro Chimps V8-9 7B+
	Nightmare of choice V4 6B
	Orangutan V2+ 5+
	Ralph Macchio V5+ 6C+
	Slab Problem V4- 6B
	Smear Merchant V9-10 7C+
	Tunnel NE V3 6A
	Tunnel Tights V2-3 5+
	Tunnel warm up V0 4
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Elevation:	7,651 ft	2,332 m
GPS:	35.25598, -111.62377 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

West Elden is an easily accessed little crag with old school trad routes and big, beautiful boulders strewn about the base. Folks have been bouldering at West Elden for decades and decades. The legendary Bob Murray and Scott Baxter, as well as many of Flagstaff’s original climbing pioneers tested themselves against the crimpy dacite testpieces of their time.

There are a handful of classics to sniff out, though not many of them are listed here. And finding them could take a little bit of walking around. A cheap way to Fly has the old school problems listed. Traditionally this area was laid out as Uptown (Northern half) and Downtown (Southern half). You may see these designations in the problem descriptions.

Getting There

Drive north out of Flagstaff on Highway 180 for about three miles. After passing the Museum of Northern Arizona (which is on the left) look for a right hand turn on to Shultz Pass Road. Take this turn and drive about 1/4 mile to a fork in the road. Take the right and the Y and drive about three and a half miles to the parking area. Approximately two miles of this drive is on pavement and one and a half miles on a well maintained dirt road. Park in a large pull out on the right hand side of the road just before a gate that remains closed. During times of heavy snowfall, the first gate is closed where Elden Lookout Road turns to dirt making it a long trudge to the boulders.

After parking in the upper lot, the boulders are best accessed by hiking up the road and crossing the large drainage. Most of the older trails have been closed after the Museum fire of 2019 and the re-route of the AZT.