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Marin/Northwest Bay Area Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Marin/Northwest Bay Area

Black Sand Beach 0 / 0 / 0 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20

Coyote Ridge 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Mickey's Beach 10 / 124 / 16 / 69 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 203

Mount Tamalpais 14 / 0 / 28 / 94 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 121

Point Reyes National Seashore 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Ring Mountain 6 / 0 / 28 / 48 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 53

Tennessee Valley Beach 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Elevation:	508 ft	155 m
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Description

Mickey's Beach is the crown jewel of Marin, offering a variety of scenic sport climbs right off the ocean ranging from 5.6 to 5.14. Mt Tam offers easy climbs in a beautiful setting, providing opportunities to lead your first trad route or set up a top rope for new climbers. Looking for bouldering? Ring Mountain has a variety of excellent problems.

Getting There

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411 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Marin/Northwest Bay Area

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

V4 6B 57 ● Intuition Boulder Mt Tamalpais > Mt Tam Boulders > Bootjack Boulders
V8 7B 32 ● Little Wing (Sit) Boulder Mickey's Beach > Stinson Beach > Are You Experienced B…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 84 ● Micro Aggression Sport Mickey's Beach > Kim's gym (aka Kym's…
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 62 ● Toxic Masculinity Sport Mickey's Beach > Kim's gym (aka Kym's…
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 90 ● Sign Language Sport Mickey's Beach > Egg
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13 120 ● Egghead Sport Mickey's Beach > Egg
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 70 ● The Bronze Hog Sport Mickey's Beach > Vent 5 > Vent #5
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 99 ● Mogolef Sport Mickey's Beach > Motown
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 65 ● Courtney Sport Mickey's Beach > Main Rock
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 81 ● The Choss Whisperer Sport Mickey's Beach > Motown
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 65 ● Sex Porpoises Sport Mickey's Beach > Main Rock
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 48 ● Better Than Sex.... Porpoises Sport Mickey's Beach > Emperor Boulder
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 18 ● Scorpio Rising Sport Mickey's Beach > Main Rock
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 25 ● The Emperor's New Clothes Sport Mickey's Beach > Emperor Boulder
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 6 ● Mickey's Beach Arete Sport Mickey's Beach > Main Rock