Echo Rock Area  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  4,200' Lat, Long:  34.0254, -116.1568 Map Page Views:  534,519. Good page?    Administrators:  C Miller, Adam Stackhouse, M.Morley, Sam Vanderhyden, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  C Miller on Jun 20, 2002 Make this area a Favorite What's New  Printer View Add Area  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 95° | 68° 93° | 61° 88° | 64° 90° | 61° 90° | 54°

Chris on EBGB's
Photo by Brent Gonzales

Description 

The Echo Rock Area sees a lot of climber-days. This is not only because it's right there next to Hidden Valley, but because it has a lot of good climbing! It features a number of moderate and classic lines, but it also provides easy access (read: short approaches). A good assortment of face and crack climbs make this one of the most popular areas in the park. Although there is a singular Echo Rock, the entire area, made up of several formations and granite corridors, is usually referred to by the same name. Very much worth a visit!

Getting There 

The Echo Rock Area lies just northeast of the Hidden Valley Campground (Intersection Rock) area. There should be parking available next to the westernmost Echo formation. There have been problems in this area with braided trails. Please try to stick to designated (signed) climbers trails to mitigate this damage!

The Classics

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The Maneater 5.10d  CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : Rusty Wall

This offwidth crack through a roof is a classic exercise in bathanging and awkward lip enounters. If you don't fancy hanging upside down, it has gone with a more conventional horizontal squeeze approach and would be more easily protected that way with readily available cams (6 friend/camalot). The crux is turning the lip, and could go many ways depending on your imagination and/or size of body parts. Strenuous, unique, and whimsically absurd. It is not located on the Rusty Wall proper, but clos...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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BETA PHOTO: Echo Rock Canyon looking at Double Dip, Stichter Q...	New climber sign at Echo Rock parking lot. Photo b...	Butterfly on Marigold. Photo by Blitzo.
Slackin' at Echo Rock. Photo by Blitzo.	The Echo Rock area as seen from... from elsewhere....	Ladybug and Yucca bloom, Joshua Tree NP
Echo Cove Area, Joshua Tree NP	Joshua Tree sunset, Joshua Tree NP	Looking out from the top of Echo Cove
Winding road through Joshua Tree	Little Rock Candy Mountain	Wash towards the south end of Echo Rock
Climber on Flake and Bake	Echo Rock Area	Echo Cove
Joshua Trees	Going for the wide ... Echo Rock	Climber on R.M.L.
Idyllwild Dome with the Astro Domes and Bed Rock i...	Fall color near Echo Rock. Photo by Blitzo.	The Solarium. Photo by Blitzo.
Scott Cosgrove on the FA of Sun Bowl (5.13a), Josh...	Echo Rock Area	The Sun Bowl, Joshua Tree NP
The Sun Bowl, Joshua Tree NP