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South Bay Area Climbing

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Areas in South Bay Area

Aquarian Valley 2 / 10 / 12 / 26 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 40

Bean Hollow State Beach 0 / 0 / 1 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Big Basin State Park 0 / 0 / 1 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Boulder mountain 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Boulder Mountain Way 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Castle Rock Area 44 / 87 / 101 / 347 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 503

Farmhill Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Handley Rock Park 0 / 2 / 11 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Hicks Road 4 / 13 / 21 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Lexington Rock 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Mazzones, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Rattle Snake Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

San Jose: Communications Hill 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Shark Fin Cove 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Smoke Grove 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Stevens Canyon Boulder 0 / 4 / 4 / 3 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 7

Vista Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Woodside Rock 0 / 1 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

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Elevation:	1,037 ft	316 m
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Description

San Jose metropolitan area. Castle Rock State Park is the main event here. Located in the Santa Cruz mountains, this park offers excellent sandstone bouldering and plenty of topropes, sport climbs, and even a few trad pitches. A handful of other rocks and boulders are scattered throughout the region.

Getting There

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Classic Climbing Routes at South Bay Area

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

V1 5 133 ● Waimea Wall Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Castle Rock Loop > Castle Rock Proper
V4 6B 110 ● Bates Arete Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Castle Rock Loop > Bates Arete Boulder
V4 6B 42 ● Thee Classic Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Indian Rock Side > Thee Classic
V4+ 6B+ 106 ● Tree Problem Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Castle Rock Loop > Parking Lot Rock
V4+ 6B+ 60 ● Nature Traverse Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Indian Rock Side > [Redacted]
V5 6C 66 ● Yabo Roof Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Castle Rock Loop > Parking Lot Rock
V6 7A 97 ● Lost Keys Traverse Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Indian Rock Side > Lost Keys Bouldering
V6 7A 91 ● Nature Arete Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Indian Rock Side > [Redacted]
V10 7C+ 21 ● Eco Terrorist Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Castle Rock Loop > Eco Terrorist Boulder
V10 7C+ 10 ● Static Reach Sit Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Indian Rock Side > Clamshell Boulder
V12 8A+ 6 ● Deforestation (sit) Boulder Castle Rock Area > … > Castle Rock Loop > Parking Lot Rock
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 191 ● Mullah Sport Castle Rock Area > California Ridge
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 143 ● The Great Roof TR Castle Rock Area > Goat Rock
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R 42 ● Krokus Trad, TR Castle Rock Area > Indian Rock
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 49 ● Clamydia Sport Castle Rock Area > Waterfall Cliff