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Yosemite Valley Bouldering Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Yosemite Valley Bouldering

*CLOSED FOR SAFETY* Ahwahnee Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 38 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 38

Boulder Lane 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Bridalveil Boulders 1 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Camp 4 Boulders 1 / 0 / 0 / 110 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 111

Candyland Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Cathedral Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 25

Crystals, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Curry Village 1 / 0 / 3 / 37 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 38

French Radiator 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Garden Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Gunsight Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Happy Birthday Ian 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Heavenly Boulders, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Highway 140 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Highway 41 Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Horse Trail Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Housekeeping 1 / 0 / 0 / 40 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 42

Indian Creek Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Intersection Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Lost Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Lower Cathedral Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Lower Yosemite Falls Boulder Field 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Manure Pile Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Mist Trail Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

MSG Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Northside Road Trail Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Presidential Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Sentinel Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Swan Slab Boulders 0 / 0 / 1 / 48 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 49

Turtleback Dome 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Wave Boulders, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Wood Yard 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Yabo Area [[CLOSED]] 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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Books and online guides

James Lucas' book containing 1,000+ problems

* BetaBase blog: Bouldering in Yosemite, Tahoe and beyond

* Park Life - a great 25 minute video with loads of classic problems.

* Yosemite Valley Bouldering

* Yosemite Climbing Guide App (free - out of app stores)

* A Week in the Valley - 11 min video on Vimeo shows off some harder classics

Bouldering areas in Yosemite Valley include:

Chicken Boulder

Happy Isles

*CLOSED FOR SAFETY* Ahwahnee Boulders

Indian Creek Boulders

Lower Yosemite Falls

Swan Slab Boulders

Camp 4 Boulders

The Crystals

Yabo Boulder

The Bachar Boulder

MSG Boulder

The Wave

Intersection Boulders

Knobby Wall

Getting There

Refer to specific areas for approach details.

421 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Yosemite Valley Bouldering

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

V0 4 55 ● Presidential Traverse Boulder Presidential Boulder
V1 5 100 ● Initial Friction Boulder Camp 4 Boulders > Cocaine Corner Boulder
V3 6A 75 ● Once Upon a Time Boulder Candyland Boulders > Storybook Boulder
V3 6A 155 ● Kor Problem Boulder Camp 4 Boulders > Kor Problem Boulder
V4 6B 183 ● Zorro Boulder Curry Village > Zorro Boulder
V4 6B 192 ● Bachar Cracker Boulder Camp 4 Boulders > Bachar Cracker Boulder
V4 6B 44 ● Ahwahnee Arete Boulder CLOSED FOR SAFE… > Ahwahnee Boulder
V4 6B 45 ● Tendons Give Boulder Camp 4 Boulders > Goodrich Boulder
V5 6C 71 ● Cocaine Corner Boulder Camp 4 Boulders > Cocaine Corner Boulder
V5 6C 59 ● Atlantis Boulder Intersection Bo… > Atlantis
V5 6C 63 ● Blue Suede Shoes Boulder Camp 4 Boulders > Blue Suede Shoes Boulder
V6 7A 65 ● The King Boulder Cathedral Boulders > King Boulder
V8 7B 92 ● Midnight Lightning Boulder Camp 4 Boulders > Big Columbia Boulder
V8 7B R 34 ● King Cobra Boulder Camp 4 Boulders > King Cobra Boulder
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c V2 5+ 149 ● Circuit Breaker TR, Boulder Curry Village > Circuit Breaker