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JBMF Boulders Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in JBMF Boulders

Blockhead, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Browning Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

False Up 20 Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

JBMF Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Terminator Boulder, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Yabo Roof Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Yardarm Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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Elevation:	4,219 ft
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Access Issue: Climbing Regulations/Seasonal Raptor Closures Details

The Joshua Tree National Park Superintendent's Compendium states that:
1. Vegetation is not allowed to be used as an anchor.
2. Only neutral or rock colored bolt hangers are allowed.

For a complete list of climbing rules and closures visit:
nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/…

Description

This is a popular bouldering destination and has many good problems as well as the classic JBMFP (John Bachar Memorial Face Problem), one of the Top 10 classic boulder problems in the Park. Some of the fun problems here include False Up 20 (5.9) a highball lieback flake up a vertical face, True Grit (V3) a sloping arete to rockover topout, Razarium (V5) a thin face with crisp sidepulls and JBMFP (V5) the CLASSIC thin face problem.

Getting There

Located across the road from the world famous Double Cross (5.7+). This area will be on the right (west) when driving into the Park from the town of Joshua Tree, and will be obvious when the large formation of Intersection Rock comes into view.

John Bachar, 1957-2009

29 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at JBMF Boulders

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

V-easy 3 58 ● Descent Route Boulder False Up 20 Boulder
V0- 4- 216 ● False Up 20 Boulder False Up 20 Boulder
V1 5 71 ● Yardarm Boulder Yardarm Boulder
V1 5 70 ● False Blockhead Boulder Blockhead
V2 5+ 28 ● Slick Willie Boulder Browning Boulder
V3 6A 29 ● Lechlinski Corner Boulder JBMF Boulder
V3 6A 16 ● True Grit Boulder JBMF Boulder
V3 6A 188 ● Yabo Roof Boulder Yabo Roof Area
V3 6A 24 ● Two Stroke Boulder JBMF Boulder
V3 6A 16 ● Unnamed Problem Boulder Yabo Roof Area
V4 6B 4 ● One Man Tribe Boulder Yabo Roof Area
V4 6B 38 ● Nitwitsit Boulder Blockhead
V5 6C 218 ● JBMFP Boulder JBMF Boulder
V5 6C 53 ● False Blockhead Sit Start Boulder Blockhead
V6 7A 16 ● Yabo Roof Traverse Boulder Yabo Roof Area