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Northside Boulders Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Northside Boulders

Creek Bed Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Diente 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Dunce hat 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Ramp (Area), The 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Warm-up Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

West side 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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Elevation:	3,475 ft
GPS:	35.3052, -82.796 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	russellHOBART on Aug 5, 2013
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Description

This is an exceptionally lovely spot. Being on the northside and below the tree canopy it tends to stay cooler for summer climbing. The rock is a textured granite with a tight grain that I found to be very climbable in humid weather. There are more mosquitoes than LG usually has. There are plenty of moderate problems but lots of hard stuff.

NOTE- My motivation is to share this area with other climbers. I don't know the FA's, proper route names, and consensus grades for the boulders. Some of these will be guesses so if you have better information than me try and keep it together and just send me a message and I'll change what I have.

Getting There

Drive to the Northside access parking lot. It's the third one. There is limited space so don't park like a jerk. Head down the trail at the back of the lot and 15' or so the trail will head up hill toward the rock face. On the left you'll see a trail that leads to the warm-up boulder.

18 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Northside Boulders

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

V2 5+ 6 ● Warm-up Traverse Boulder Warm-up Boulder
V3 6A 13 ● Tooth-ache Boulder Diente
V3 6A 5 ● Warmer Up Boulder Warm-up Boulder
V5 6C 5 ● Route Canal Boulder Diente
V5 6C 6 ● Devil's Thorn Boulder Warm-up Boulder