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HKL West Bouldering

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Areas in HKL West

Cliff Mountain Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 41 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 41

Devil's Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Keelowkee Lake 0 / 0 / 0 / 224 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 224

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Elevation:	3,242 ft	988 m
GPS:	36.9193, -82.62687 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Aaron Parlier on Sep 10, 2019
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Description

Awesome boulders and wonderful route potential await those who are willing to explore. Cliff Mountain Boulders are an incredible roadside playground that offers excellent low, medium, and a few highball blocks.

Getting There

You have several options for access to HKL East:

To access Cliff Mountain and much of HKL East you will look to travel Hwy 23 (Orby Cantrell Hwy).
To access the southeastern rim of HKL you can follow 653 and Rye Cove Memorial between Duffield and Fort Blackmore.
You can also travel over the High Knob Road to reach a spider web of forest service roads to gain access to the back country of the HKL.

279 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at HKL West

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

V2 5+ 4 ● Witt Arete Boulder Keelowkee Lake > … > Right Blasters > Horrendo Boulder
V3 6A 4 ● Dragons Den Boulder Keelowkee Lake > … > Right Blasters > Lost World Boulder
V6 7A 4 ● Houdini Boulder Keelowkee Lake > … > Left Blasters > Houdini Boulder