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Classic Climbs for Diablo Canyon

Mountain Project's determination of the most popular, highly-rated routes.

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 35
Bosch Hogg
Sport
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 89
Original Face Route
Sport
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 104
Drunk Rednecks with Golf Clubs
Sport
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 145
Hellboy
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 252
Post Moderate
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 45
The Egg
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 48
City Girl
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 56
The Mile-High Club
Sport
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 44
Frogger
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 47
The Chicken
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 80
Protein Supplement
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 45
Humbolt
Sport
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 107
Naked Lunch
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 66
Class Act
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 84
Waiting to Procrastinate
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 107
Good
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 6
The Other Side
Sport
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 64
Sunbaked
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 153
Grape Ape
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 13
Sunday Bloody Sunday (aka Tight…
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 43
Evil Paradise
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 54
Ergo
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 37
Gopher Broke
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 58
SOL Man (aka Not In the End)
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 35
Paradise City
Sport
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 13
Guillotine Crack
Trad 2 pitches
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 37
Xibalba
Sport 2 pitches
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 11
Chicks with Ricks
Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 70
Evil
Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 21
El Areto Bolto Del Diablo
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 70
Affirmative Action
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 65
Blind Faith
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 83
Top Gun
Sport
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
 32
Heat Seeker
Sport 4 pitches
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 11
Prescribed Burn
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13
 44
Sun Devil
Sport 3 pitches
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 41
Bedeviled
Sport
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13
 7
Airbus
Trad 2 pitches
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 27
Aviatrix
Sport
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 38
Standing on the Edge of Extinction
Sport
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 6
Unnamed (a.k.a. Options)
Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 30
Where the Wild Things Aren't
Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 11
Cock-a-Doodle-Do
Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 9
Lichening The Serpent
Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 12
Judas Priest
Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 9
Cup of Gold
Sport
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
 96
Pale Face
Sport
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
 37
Aerostar
Sport
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
 27
Astro Devil
Sport 3 pitches
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
 20
Holding Pattern
Sport
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
 38
Woogie's Wild Ride
Sport
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
 7
Edenic
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 51
Lucy
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 16
Better Late than Never
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 30
Cro-Magnon
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 39
Bush in a Blender
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 36
Crispy the Renegade
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 38
Live to Pull
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 28
Block of Life
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 20
Resurrection
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 10
Raising Cain
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 5
Silvery Minnow
Sport
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 26
Turbulence
Sport
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 11
The Cruxifiction
Sport
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 5
Heaven Sent
Sport
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 9
Sympathy for the Devil
Sport
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 8
Running with the Devil
Sport
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
 12
Schmeming
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 56
Clovis Hunter
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 11
Crystal Clear Arête
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 27
40-Love
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 10
Seventh Sun
Sport 3 pitches
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 21
The Right Stuff
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 38
Solo Man (aka Homo Erectus Soloe…
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 7
The Last Supper
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 5
Lust
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 4
Twist of Cain
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 5
Sweet Thursday
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 15
The Book of Souls
Sport
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 9
Dopesmoker
Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 8
Evolution
Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 11
Muscle Crow
Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 24
The ILL (Ian and Lance Line) Route
Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 7
Where the World Ends
Trad, Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 5
Gandalf the Grey
Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 32
Sapien
Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 27
Native Rituals
Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 15
Tribal Moves (aka Sacred Stone)
Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 14
Hunter Gatherer
Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 7
Spearhead
Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 5
Tarantula Hawk
Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 10
Lucifer's Hammer Drill
Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 18
Survival of the Fittest
Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 16
Ring Around The Rosie
Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 13
Quest for Fire
Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 15
The Ring
Sport
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
 12
Sin after Sin
Sport
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
 19
Mastodont
Sport
5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a
 8
Devilution
Sport
5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a
 7
Ötzi Dude
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Bosch Hogg Winter Wall
 35
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport
Original Face Route Winter Wall
 89
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport
Drunk Rednecks with Golf Clubs Early Wall > Runway (Lower Tier)
 104
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport
Hellboy Winter Wall
 145
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport
Post Moderate Winter Wall
 252
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
The Egg Cockscomb Crag > Chicken Little Area
 45
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
City Girl Shack > Main Wall
 48
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
The Mile-High Club Early Wall > Runway (Lower Tier)
 56
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Frogger Shack > Main Wall
 44
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport
The Chicken Cockscomb Crag > Chicken Little Area
 47
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Protein Supplement Winter Wall
 80
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Humbolt Early Wall > Left End
 45
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Naked Lunch Winter Wall
 107
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Class Act Grotto > Grotto Right (W Side)
 66
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Waiting to Procrastinate Grotto > Grotto Left (E Side)
 84
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Good Grotto > Grotto Left (E Side)
 107
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
The Other Side Cockscomb Crag > Other Side
 6
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Sunbaked Winter Wall
 64
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Grape Ape Winter Wall
 153
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Sunday Bloody Sunday (aka T… Grotto > Top of the Grotto (Oj…
 13
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad
Evil Paradise Grotto > Top of the Grotto (Oj…
 43
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Ergo Early Wall > Runway (Lower Tier)
 54
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Gopher Broke Winter Wall
 37
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
SOL Man (aka Not In the End) Winter Wall
 58
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Paradise City Grotto > Grotto Left (E Side)
 35
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Guillotine Crack Grotto > Upper Tier of The Gr…
 13
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 2 pitches
Xibalba Winter Wall
 37
5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport 2 pitches
Chicks with Ricks Cockscomb Crag > Poultrygeist Area
 11
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
Evil Grotto > Grotto Left (E Side)
 70
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
El Areto Bolto Del Diablo Grotto > Top of the Grotto (Oj…
 21
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
Affirmative Action Grotto > Grotto Left (E Side)
 70
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Blind Faith Winter Wall
 65
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Top Gun Early Wall > Runway (Lower Tier)
 83
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Heat Seeker Sun Devil Wall
 32
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Sport 4 pitches
Prescribed Burn Grotto > Top of the Grotto (Oj…
 11
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Sun Devil Sun Devil Wall
 44
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13 Sport 3 pitches
Bedeviled Grotto > Grotto Left (E Side)
 41
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Airbus Early Wall > Observatory Wall (Upp…
 7
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13 Trad 2 pitches
Aviatrix Early Wall > Runway (Lower Tier)
 27
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Sport
Standing on the Edge of Ext… Shack > Main Wall
 38
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Sport
Unnamed (a.k.a. Options) Big River Wall > Main Wall
 6
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Sport
Where the Wild Things Aren't Grotto > Grotto Right (W Side)
 30
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Cock-a-Doodle-Do Cockscomb Crag > Poultrygeist Area
 11
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Lichening The Serpent Early Wall > Observatory Wall (Upp…
 9
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Judas Priest Eden Canyon > Eden Wall > Judas Crag Sector
 12
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Cup of Gold Eden Canyon > E of Eden
 9
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Pale Face Winter Wall
 96
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Sport
Aerostar Early Wall > Runway (Lower Tier)
 37
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Sport
Astro Devil Sun Devil Wall
 27
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Sport 3 pitches
Holding Pattern Early Wall > Runway (Lower Tier)
 20
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Sport
Woogie's Wild Ride Grotto > Grotto Right (W Side)
 38
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a Sport
Edenic Eden Canyon > Eden Wall > Eden Wall N Sector
 7
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a Sport
Lucy Solar Cave
 51
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
Better Late than Never Grotto > Grotto Left (E Side)
 16
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
Cro-Magnon Solar Cave
 30
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Bush in a Blender Grotto > Grotto Left (E Side)
 39
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Crispy the Renegade Shack > Main Wall
 36
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Live to Pull Shack > Main Wall
 38
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Block of Life Shack > Main Wall
 28
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Resurrection Eden Canyon > Eden Wall > Judas Crag Sector
 20
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Raising Cain Eden Canyon > E of Eden
 10
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Silvery Minnow Big River Wall > Main Wall
 5
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Turbulence Early Wall > Runway (Lower Tier)
 26
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
The Cruxifiction Eden Canyon > Eden Wall > Judas Crag Sector
 11
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Heaven Sent Eden Canyon > Heavenly Buttress
 5
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Sympathy for the Devil Grotto > Top of the Grotto (Oj…
 9
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Running with the Devil Grotto > Top of the Grotto (Oj…
 8
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Schmeming Early Wall > Left End
 12
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Sport
Clovis Hunter Solar Cave
 56
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Crystal Clear Arête Grotto > Grotto Right (W Side)
 11
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
40-Love Shack > Main Wall
 27
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Seventh Sun Sun Devil Wall
 10
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport 3 pitches
The Right Stuff Early Wall > Runway (Lower Tier)
 21
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Solo Man (aka Homo Erectus… Solar Cave
 38
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
The Last Supper Eden Canyon > Eden Wall > Judas Crag Sector
 7
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Lust Eden Canyon > Eden Wall > Eden Wall N Sector
 5
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Twist of Cain Eden Canyon > E of Eden
 4
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Sweet Thursday Eden Canyon > E of Eden
 5
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
The Book of Souls Grotto > Grotto Left (E Side)
 15
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Dopesmoker Grotto > Grotto Right (W Side)
 9
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
Evolution Solar Cave
 8
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
Muscle Crow Grotto > Grotto Left (E Side)
 11
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
The ILL (Ian and Lance Line… Solar Cave
 24
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
Where the World Ends Grotto > Grotto Right (W Side)
 7
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Trad, Sport
Gandalf the Grey Mordor > Middle Earth Sector
 5
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
Sapien Solar Cave
 32
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
Native Rituals Solar Cave
 27
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
Tribal Moves (aka Sacred St… Solar Cave
 15
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
Hunter Gatherer Solar Cave
 14
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
Spearhead Solar Cave
 7
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
Tarantula Hawk Eden Canyon > E of Eden
 5
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
Lucifer's Hammer Drill Grotto > Top of the Grotto (Oj…
 10
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
Survival of the Fittest Solar Cave
 18
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
Ring Around The Rosie Shack > Main Wall
 16
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
Quest for Fire Solar Cave
 13
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
The Ring Mordor > Middle Earth Sector
 15
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
Sin after Sin Grotto > Grotto Right (W Side)
 12
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c Sport
Mastodont Solar Cave
 19
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c Sport
Devilution Solar Cave
 8
5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a Sport
Ötzi Dude Solar Cave
 7
5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a Sport

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