Home - Destinations - People - Partners - Forum - Photos - What's New
	ADVANCED

All Locations > California > Sierra Eastside > Bishop Area

Volcanic Tablelands (Happies/Sads)

Make this area a Favorite
What's New in this area
Best Routes for You in this area
Photos > Recent | Best | Popular

Select Area...
Fish Slough Roadside Boulders
Happy Boulders
Sad Boulders

Volcanic Tablelands (Happies/Sads)

Submitted By: Adam Winters on Jan 22, 2008
Administrators: Aron Quiter, Euan Cameron, Adam Winters
Elevation: 4,400 feet
Views: 56,080 page views

Add Area Add Photo Add Comment Add Event

Discussions available in the
Northern California
Message Forum

Printer Friendly View

The Owens Valley meets the Volcanic Tablelands

Description

Just north of Bishop the floor of the Owens Valley rises abruptly forming a 300 foot-high volcanic plateau that runs for miles from east to west. Along the southern tip numerous canyons containing thousands of boulders can be found slicing into and through the plateau, including the two that make up the Happy and Sad bouldering areas. It's truly a climber's playground.

This area is often referred to as 'The Mesa' to locals...

Getting There

From US 395 in Bishop, take US 6 north out of town towards Benton/Chalfant/Tonopah. After 1.3 miles, turn left on Five Bridges Rd. Follow this down the straightaway around the left-hand curve, past the Aggregate Plant to a 4-way intersection where the pavement turns to dirt. Take a left on Chalk Bluff Rd. for the Happy and Sad Boulders. Turn right on Fish Slough Rd. for the Fish Slough Boulders.

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Volcanic Tablelands (Happies/Sads):

Corner Route V0+ Boulder, 15 feet Slow Dance/Gleaner Area : Corner Boulder

Slight Inducement V1 Boulder, 12 feet Slight Inducement Area : Slight Inducement Boulder

Heavenly Path V1 PG13 Boulder, 25 feet Central Happiness Area : Heavenly Path Boulder

The Sixty Foot Woman Traverse V2 Boulder, 60 feet Sixty Foot Woman/Shadow Pla... : The Sixty Foot Woman Wall

Kling and Smirk V2+ Boulder Savannah Area : Savannah Boulder

Solarium V3 Boulder, 15 feet Central Happiness Area : Solarium Boulder

Bleached Bones V3+ Boulder Serengeti Area : Bleached Bones Boulder

Sucker Punch V4 Boulder, 8 feet Savannah Area : Fred Boulder

Cue Ball V4 Boulder, 15 feet Sixty Foot Woman/Shadow Pla... : Shadow Play Boulder

Big Chicken V4 Boulder, 15 feet Central Happiness Area : Happy Boulder

Ketron Classic V4 Boulder Savannah Area : Savannah Boulder

Molly V5 Boulder, 12 feet Sad Boulders : Molly Area

Fueled By Hate V5 Boulder, 8 feet Sad Boulders : Ice Caves

Serengeti V5 Boulder Serengeti Area : Serengeti Boulder

Strength in Numbers (Original SIN) V5 Boulder, 20 feet Sad Boulders : Strength in Numbers Area

Action Figure V6 Boulder, 8 feet Happy Boulders : Action Figure Area

The Hulk V6 Boulder, 15 feet Central Happiness Area : Happy Boulder

Mister Witty V6 PG13 Boulder, 15 feet West Rim Area : Desert Skies/Morning Dove A...

Atari V6+ R Boulder Happy Boulders : East Rim Area

Disco Diva V8 Boulder, 12 feet Central Happiness Area : Happy Boulder

Browse More Classics in Volcanic Tablelands (Happies/Sads)

Featured Route For Volcanic Tablelands (Happies/Sads)

Quinn hitting the sloper on 'Ketron Classic' v4

Ketron Classic V4 CA : Sierra Eastside : ... : Savannah Boulder

This is the star of the boulder.Start low on sidepulls, do a move or two up to the left-hand undercling, and make a big stretch to a big right-hand sloper. From here use either the intermediate left-hand crimp, or dyno for the bucket (crux). Top out with jugs. Good movement, great fun....[more] Browse More Classics in CA

Photos of Volcanic Tablelands (Happies/Sads)

Slideshow

Add Photo

The south end of the Tablelands, looking west towa...	An evening session in the Tablelands. self-portra...	The Volcanic Tablelands
Looking north at the Tablelands plateau, viewed fr...	The Volcanic Tablelands, just north of Bishop	Looking down from the Sads towards Bishop.
KK on a superb lip traverse on the 'Orgasm Boulder...	Don't mess with the locals...	Nate Bowe on 'Tim's Prow' v4, County Line Boulders
Nate Bowe on 'El Hueco de Hunta' v5, County Line B...	The Tablelands from the south, and the White Mount...	Nate Bowe on 'The Wave', Tablelands
Andy Patari in the Tablelands	Happies

Comments on Volcanic Tablelands (Happies/Sads)

Add Comment

Show which comments —

By Adam Winters
Administrator
From: Bishop, CA
Jan 22, 2009

People need to settle down with the tick marks, it's getting ridiculous. It seems almost every boulder I walk up to I have to spend 10 minutes brushing off these eyesores! Come on, if you make a tick, brush that ugly bastard off when you leave the boulder!

Also, who needs tick marks on STARTING footholds??? Is it just me or is this completely unnecessary? Get some glasses because this is not far from plain old graffiti.

By Euan Cameron
Administrator
From: Redlands and Mammoth Lakes
Jan 22, 2009

I agree it is getting out of hand. It seems to be 'the' in thing this year to mark it up.

Seriously it isn't a gym, tick marks don't belong outside.