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Lost Horse Area Rock Climbing

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Areas in Lost Horse Area

*Lost Horse Roadside Crags 311 / 18 / 62 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 364

Aiguille de Joshua Tree 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Arid Piles 19 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 21

Atlantis Area 46 / 1 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 51

Beetle Buttress 7 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Candlestein Pass 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Cockroach Crag 9 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Creature Comfort Wall 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Doggie Rock 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Dos Coyotes Crag 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Dungeon, The 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Feetish Crack 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Filipino Wall 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Freeway Wall 25 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 26

Hill Street Blues 10 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Imaginary Voyage Formation 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Jimmy Cliff 20 / 2 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 25

Kaleidoscope Wall 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Koala Kai Rock 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Lloyd's Rock 5 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Lost Horse Wall 21 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 23

Mega Maids Wall 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Mount Grossvogel 12 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Moving to Montana Boulder 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Pickle Me Rock 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Poetry Rock 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Ranger Station Rock 15 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Rock Garden Valley 36 / 1 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 47

S-Crack Formation 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Sparky Slab 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Super Creeps Wall 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Super Freaks Wall 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Super Geeks Wall 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Super Heros Wall 11 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Tiny Tots Rock 6 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Toma Rock 4 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Uncle Remus Block 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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Access Issue: Climbing Regulations/Seasonal Raptor Closures Details

The Joshua Tree National Park Superintendent's Compendium states that:
1. Vegetation is not allowed to be used as an anchor.
2. Only neutral or rock colored bolt hangers are allowed.

For a complete list of climbing rules and closures visit:
nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/…

Description

The Lost Horse Area covers popular rocks including The Lost Horse Wall, Hemingway Buttress, Dairy Queen Wall, Freeway Wall, Shorter Wall, Tiny Tots, Atlantis Wall, and others. Count on crowds at popular areas such as DQ, Hemingway, and Lost Horse Wall. Shorter Wall and Atlantis are popular with larger groups due to the high density of moderates. The South Side of Lost Horse Wall boasts some of the longer routes in the Park including classics Dappled Mare and Bird on a Wire (not to be confused with 'Bird of Fire' - that's in a completely different area!).

Getting There

The Lost Horse section on Mountain Project is located between the Quail Springs and Hidden Valley Campground Areas. The dividing line used to separate these two sections is the obvious wash that is just east of the Boy Scout/Willow Hole parking area. Cliffs to the west (toward Joshua Tree) are in Quail Springs section, crags to the east (toward Hidden Valley) are in the Lost Horse section.

Approach via the designated Hemingway parking area along Quail Springs Road for the following rocks: DQ, IRS, Copenhagen, Hemingway. Approach along the dirt road to Lost Horse Ranger Station (several pullouts, but limited parking) for the following: Freeway Wall, Tiny Tots, Rock Garden, Shorter Wall, Lost Horse, and Atlantis.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Lost Horse Area

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

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 467 ● Double Dogleg Trad Rock Garden Valley > Rock Garden Valley -…
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 977 ● White Lightning Trad Lost Horse Rdsi… > Hemingway Buttress > Hemingway Buttress (E…
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 432 ● The Swift Trad 3 pitches Lost Horse Wall > Lost Horse Wall - Rig…
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 719 ● Dappled Mare Trad 4 pitches Lost Horse Wall > Lost Horse Wall - Rig…
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 430 ● Overseer Trad Lost Horse Rdsi… > Hemingway Buttress > Hemingway Buttress (E…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 477 ● Tax Man Trad Lost Horse Rdsi… > IRS Wall
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 458 ● Bird on a Wire Trad 3 pitches Lost Horse Wall > Lost Horse Wall - Rig…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 356 ● Prepackaged Trad Lost Horse Rdsi… > Hemingway Buttress > Hemingway Buttress (E…
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 401 ● Poodles are People Too Trad Lost Horse Rdsi… > Hemingway Buttress > Hemingway Buttress (E…
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 126 ● Anacram Trad Freeway Wall > Upper Freeway Wall
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b 128 ● Imaginary Voyage Trad Imaginary Voyage Form…
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 115 ● Alf's Arete Sport Lost Horse Rdsi… > IRS Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 53 ● Scary Poodles Trad Lost Horse Rdsi… > Hemingway Buttress > Hemingway Buttress (E…
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 33 ● 29 Palms Trad Arid Piles > Arid Piles - Northwes…
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 19 ● The Acid Crack Trad Arid Piles > Arid Piles - Southwes…