Limestone bouldering

Wondering if any one knows of any limestone boulders here in the state? And also what would be the closest limestone boulders to the Willamette Valley? 

As an armchair geologist that looks at a lot of maps and has been climbing in Oregon for a while the closest developed limestone climbing to the Willamette Valley will be in the State of Jefferson part of Northern California or out in Baker County. Josephine County has limestone deposits (Oregon Caves) so there has to be some limestone boulders scattered down there hidden in the conifer forest.

Keith Swrote:

As an armchair geologist that looks at a lot of maps and has been climbing in Oregon for a while the closest developed limestone climbing to the Willamette Valley will be in the State of Jefferson part of Northern California or out in Baker County. Josephine County has limestone deposits (Oregon Caves) so there has to be some limestone boulders scattered down there hidden in the conifer forest.

Limestone sport is better than the bouldering, umm I’m not really sure what it is with limestone and geology but we rarely have limestone boulders minus some river bouldering areas. Most of our bouldering is granitic or volcanic in nature

You might find some limestone boulders on Vancouver island, northern California, or out near Spokane/Idaho, but not much limestone in the PNW otherwise. The good news is we have a ton of fantastic granite, volcanic, and some sandstone rock around which tend to form some really fun boulders.

There seems to be a patch of limestone out in Burnt River Canyon, with the area shared on this site.  Maybe there's some pebbles lying around out there? 

There is some limestone bouldering in far northern California, documented in the Redwood Burl guidebook.

But as others have mentioned, limestone doesn't usually lend itself to great bouldering (with a few notable exceptions). If you are driving to Humboldt or to Vancouver Island for limestone, you really ought to go sport climbing. And if you're looking for good bouldering in the northwest, there is plenty of that, albeit on other rock types.

The best limestone bouldering in the western US will be in Flagstaff. Another good option in Columbia, CA (technically marble, but close enough).

Where’s the limestone bouldering near Flagstaff, if you don’t mind me asking

Mark E Dixonwrote:

Where’s the limestone bouldering near Flagstaff, if you don’t mind me asking

All over. Most notably the roof bouldering. Priest Draw is the most famous and documented and accessible, but there's lots of other stuff spread around that area.

(To be clear, we're talking Flagstaff AZ, not Flagstaff Mountain near Boulder. Nothing but nasty sharp sandstone there.)

Oops! For some reason I thought Priest Draw was sandstone. And I’ve even been there…

Wild Iris has some limestone boulders (limited). I know there’s other boulders around lander, not sure of the rock type 

suggestion out of left field, but there are the tuff boulders out west of Roseburg OR, Sitkum boulders: https://www.mountainproject.com/area/119970118/sitkum-boulders

fairly undeveloped but looks cool

J Pwrote:

suggestion out of left field, but there are the tuff boulders out west of Roseburg OR, Sitkum boulders: https://www.mountainproject.com/area/119970118/sitkum-boulders

fairly undeveloped but looks cool

Finally  someone with some useful information, instead of people piping up about nothing..

Robin like the birdwrote:

Finally  someone with some useful information, instead of people piping up about nothing..

That isn't limestone though... Wasn't limestone what you were asking about?

WTF do you want to boulder on limestone, anyway?

JCMwrote:

That isn't limestone though... Wasn't limestone what you were asking about?

WTF do you want to boulder on limestone, anyway?

 Just curious, want to touch it, get my fingers in Some pockets.