Where in the world can you climb without a car

South Korea: koreaontherocks.com/

Public trans here is great and there are a lot of English teaching jobs that don't require you to speak Korean.

Chamonix, perhaps. Forget buses; take the Midi cable car from town to go climbing.

Stateside, North Conway deserves a mention for being very close to rock.

boulder fit your criteria. You can jog from downtown to the flat irons in 10 min. If your willing to jump on the buss and bring your bike along , you can catch a ride to Nederland on the N line, and coast down boulder canyon to any crag you care to stop at, the traffic makes this a bit sketchy but still reasonable. Getting to Eldo becomes a bit more complicated though

There are lots of crags in the Frankenjura that are accessible by bike, train, or a combination of both and there are lots of cities here (Nuremberg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Forchheim, Weiden, Amberg, etc.) which have great job opportunities. I only have experience with taking the train from Nuremberg to the crags, so I'm not sure what it's like from Bamberg or Bayreuth. Bamberg is probably crap, but Bayreuth is probably good. I've taken my bike on the train once to reach one of the further-away-from-the-train-stop crags and it was rough because the hill was brutally steep with that pack on. But otherwise, there are several crags accessible from the train stops - take a look at the Frankenjura site here to see some examples (it's not fully developed yet). Having said that, having a car here is even nicer because you're not limited anymore to only what you can reach by train. But I know it's possible since I lived here 1.5 years before buying a car.

Eric Engberg wrote:Any place in Europe will beat even the best place (Boulder) in the US.

the valley!!!

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a.brown wrote:the valley!!!

spokane has a fair amount of cragging in town (though not world class). Bishop would be manageable too.

There are many places to climb without a car...... We all know that, but the OP did also state that one must be able to find work as well. So I wonder, how easy is it to find a good year round job in the Valley or Zion? Or for an American in Squamish???? Just saying.....

Barcelona is great take a train to Montserrat or other areas and walk in. Get a job in Yosemite? Park Service, environmental ed, work at the clinic? Best afterwork cragging around! St. George, UT has an incredible variety of climbing within biking distance.

Is there a bus into the canyons in Salt Lake City?

I am currently planning on a bike/climbing tour through Europe in the spring. So I would say an entire continent isn't too far out of reach if you are motivated.

Yangshuo China. A lifetime of cragging within walking/biking distance, and they have a KFC!

Jordan Scampoli wrote:Boulder baby! I'm no architect outside of Legos, but I have a job, and I don't work to hard to ride to all the crags everyone else mentioned. haha this thread is awesome - half the people hate on Boulder super hard (arguably deserved), half the people have super hard Boulder-boners(arguably deserved)! You should visit and make a decision, don't listen to us chumps!

If you are willing to ride a bike, they go about 1/3 to 1/2 as fast as a car.

just picked up on this thread after googling "car-less climbers".
in a word, yes. although i've embraced the bike there are numerous other options for going car-less and I'm glad you're looking into this. don't listen to the nay-sayers, they are in an oil-induced fantasy.
bicycling is the way.
my girlfriend and I got rid of our van to experiment with car-less climbing this summer in Leavenworth, Washington. Leavenworth is probably one of the easiest places to make this happen, with quality crags and boulders starting at just 1/2 a mile from town. Literally 1/2 a mile up Tumwater Canyon, more quality climbing up the Icicle, with a ride of anywhere between 4-15 miles. Trailheads to the alpine are either 4 or about 12 miles from town. Finding a job in Leavenworth is easy, numerous bavarian related touristy shit, restaurants, and white water river guiding on the Wenatchee. If you're trying to be an architect, you might have luck, it's an affluent place and there were high-class houses going up all over, but if you want to be a little more into your field I'd probably recommend seattle, which i've heard of some folks doing similar stuff in, but you can't crag there every day. Granted, Leavenworth is home to mainly moderate climbing but we kept pretty busy, with our focus being alpine routes that required a 14-15 mile ride and 5-10 mile hike one way. Leavenworth was great and we barely touched the bouldering and only once went to Index, which is close and we should have made it to more. Our summer was a total success, we are now excited to be committed to climbing without a car. We've moved back to SLC and are stoked to do the same thing here next summer. If you're looking for a city to do this in, SLC is it, with TONS of great climbing within biking distance and buses to get you closer. Doing it right now. Anyway, stoked to see other folks talking about this, I've spent way too much time online searching and delving into the world of car-less and human powered climbing and I'd love to share what I've found so that other's don't have to spend so much time staring at the computer. FYI we're doing this for environmental reasons but are in no way boycotting oil, we're into carpooling or generally being creative with mobility. We've kept a blog following our trips and whatnot, check it out here at natureofmotion.blogspot.com
run out of oil? not the point. if we were to run out of oil, driving to go climbing would be the least of our worries..pollution, burning fuel, taking care of the environment, embracing adventure. cheap fuel has turned the worlds great ranges into playgrounds you can reach in a few short hours, relying on cars, planes, and cash. isn't alpinism about doing more with less? ditch the car, ride your bike, increase the adventure. satisfaction is biking to the crag and climbing a pitch. it is possible to ride to and climb mt everest on your bike, nuff said. as climbers we have a responsability to be stewards to the environment and leaders in the sustainable revolution. sorry for the rant, i'm just super-duper stoked on this. ride on dylan.

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Plenty of places; boulder, golden, las vegas (red rock canyon) to name a few. You'll probably want a bike for most of them though, and a nice paycheck to afford the rent/mortgage. Places like this are generally pretty expensive, unless you're willing to move to Thailand or China or something.