California

Tuolumne Meadows area and Tenaya Lake, from Olmste...

Overview 

For sheer variety of rock and stable weather it is hard to beat California as a climbing destination.

Want soaring granite? Head to Yosemite National Park. Want thousands of sport routes and world class bouldering? Head to the Buttermilks or Owens River Gorge on the East side of the Sierra. Looking for limitless climbing under a warm, desert sun, visit Joshua Tree.

Head West to find the goods.

Featured Route For California

Tree Problem V4  CA : SF Bay Area : Castle Rock State Park

The Tree Problem sits on the uphill side of The Parking Lot Boulder, strangely enough no where near a tree. Climbing is sustained, and many approaches can get you through the problem depending on your height and finger size. Top out over the top after 8 or so hard moves and a good rest in the middle....[more]

Add Photo Photos of California

A dirtbag meets the squeeze.	BETA PHOTO: California Regions	The ghost town, Bodie. Photo by Blitzo.
Tufa Towers-Mono Lake. Photo by Blitzo.	Kirkwood Lake area. Photo by Blitzo.	Merced River Canyon, below El Portal, CA. Photo by...
Sunset storm, Colorado Desert, Southern California...	Echo Lake. Photo by Blitzo.	High Sierra. Photo by Blitzo.
Death Valley-Spring. Photo by Blitzo.	Climbing in the Colorado/Sonoran Desert. Photo by ...	Nolina bloom taken at the base of Popular Mechanic...
Bear Cub-Sequoia National Park. Photo by Blitzo.	Sequoia Forest-Sequoia N.P. Photo by Blitzo.	Forest-Sequoia N.P. Photo by Blitzo.
Boulder-Kings River. Photo by Blitzo.	Sunset in Sequoia-Kings Canyon	Bristlecone Pine-White Mountains. Photo by Blitzo.
California Poppy-State Flower. Photo by Blitzo.	Morro Rock-Sequoia National Park. Photo by Blitzo.	Titus Canyon, Death Valley
Eureka Dunes, Death Valley	Classic Yosemite Valley view.