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Description 

Includes crags accessed via Hwy 50 and/or Hwy 89, generally at the southern edge of Lake Tahoe.


Getting There 

From Sacramento, take Hwy 50 east roughly 100 miles to the town of South Lake Tahoe.

From Reno, take Hwy 395 south to Hwy 50 west.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for South Lake Tahoe:
Bliss Arete   V4     Boulder, 16 feet   D.L. Bliss State Park : Middle bliss
Surrealistic Pillar   5.7     Trad, 3 pitches, 270 feet   Lover's Leap : Lower Buttress
Bear's Reach   5.7     Trad, 3 pitches, 400 feet   Lover's Leap : East Wall
Corrugation Corner   5.7     Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet   Lover's Leap : Main Wall
Haystack   5.8     Trad, 4 pitches, 400 feet   Lover's Leap : East Wall
The Perfect Lie Back   5.8     Trad, 60 feet   Woodfords Canyon : The Fortress
Fear of Flying   5.9     Trad, 2 pitches   Phantom Spires : Upper Spire
The Line   5.9     Trad, 3 pitches, 400 feet   Lover's Leap : East Wall
Traveler Buttress   5.9     Trad, 4 pitches, 500 feet   Lover's Leap : Main Wall
Hospital Corner   5.10a     Trad, 2 pitches, 240 feet   Lover's Leap : West Wall
Surrealistic Pillar Direct   5.10b     Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Lover's Leap : Lower Buttress
One Of These Days   5.10b/c     Trad, 1 pitch, 115 feet   Woodfords Canyon : One Of These Days Buttress
Sun Wall Left   5.10c     Trad, TR, 1 pitch   Woodfords Canyon : The Fortress
Candyland   5.10c     Trad   Phantom Spires : Middle Spire
The Fracture   5.10d     Trad   Sugarloaf : Sugarloaf, East Face
Taurus   5.11b     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   Sugarloaf : Sugarloaf, East Face
Boot Hill   5.11     Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Lover's Leap : Main Wall
Space Walk   5.11c/d     Trad, 1 pitch   Eagle Creek Canyon : Eagle Lake Cliff
Metallarete   5.12d     Sport   Echo Lakes : Goldfinger Area
Grand Illusion   5.13b     Trad, 1 pitch   Sugarloaf : Sugarloaf, East Face
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Featured Route For South Lake Tahoe
Boot Hill climbs the white face to the right of Tombstone Terror...

Boot Hill 5.11  CA : Tahoe Vicinity : ... : Main Wall
Face climb to the right of Tombstone Terror. One of the best sport routes at the leap. Clean, steep and well protected. If follows a series of flakes, small edges and pinches up a nearly overhanging white wall. This route's FA was originally done with a couple bolts and pins. Yikes!...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA