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South Bay Area Climbing

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Areas in South Bay Area

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 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Castle Rock and Sanborn Area 51 / 96 / 119 / 391 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 560

Farmhill Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Handley Rock Park 0 / 2 / 14 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Hicks Road 4 / 16 / 24 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 27

Kings Mountain 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Lexington Rock 3 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 10

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

North Skyline Blvd 3 / 10 / 13 / 38 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 54

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

San Jose: Communications Hill 1 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

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

Smoke Grove 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Steven’s Canyon 1 / 4 / 7 / 6 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 13

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
GPS:	37.42831, -121.84855 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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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 5 162 ● Waimea Wall Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … > Castle Rock Loop > Castle Rock Proper Bo…
V4 6B 130 ● Bates Arete Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … > Castle Rock Loop > Bates Arete Boulder
V4 6B 47 ● Thee Classic Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … > Indian Rock Bou… > Thee Classic
V4+ 6B+ 121 ● Tree Problem Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … > Castle Rock Loop > Parking Lot Rock
V4+ 6B+ 71 ● Nature Traverse Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … 1 > Nature Boulders… > Nature Boulder
V5 6C 78 ● Yabo Roof Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … > Castle Rock Loop > Parking Lot Rock
V6 7A 108 ● Lost Keys Traverse Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … > Indian Rock Bou… > Lost Keys Bouldering
V6 7A 107 ● Nature Boulder \| 2720 Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … 1 > Nature Boulders… > Nature Boulder
V7 7A+ 24 ● Groundation Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … > Castle Rock Loop > Cave Boulder
V7 7A+ 16 ● Blue Steel Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … > Biddles > Biddles Tower
V10 7C+ 27 ● Eco Terrorist Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … > Castle Rock Loop > Eco Terrorist Boulder
V12 8A+ 6 ● Deforestation (sit) Boulder Castle Rock & S… > … > Castle Rock Loop > Parking Lot Rock
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 155 ● The Great Roof TR Castle Rock & S… > Goat Rock Area > Goat Rock
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R 47 ● Krokus Trad, TR Castle Rock & S… > Indian Rock Area > Indian Rock
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 58 ● Clamydia Sport Castle Rock & S… > Falls Area > Waterfall Cliff