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Santa Monica Mountains Climbing

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Areas in Santa Monica Mountains

*Santa Monica Mountains Bouldering 177

Bee Rock (Griffith Park) 13

Boney Bluff 19

Bronson Canyon/The Bat Cave 2

Calabasas Peak 5

Castro Mesa Buttress 1

Echo Cliffs 193

Exchange Peak 0

Hueco Wall 14

Lookout, The 17

Malibu Creek State Park 171

Mount Olympus 10

Old LA Zoo 61

Paleface 3

Party Rock 0

Pico Raquelita 8

Piuma Mountain Cliffs 1

Point Dume 15

Point Mugu 16

Saddle Peak 61

Tick Rock 19

Top Hat 8

UCLA 4

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Description

Santa Monica Mountains rise above Los Angeles, widen to meet the curve of Santa Monica Bay and reach their highest peaks facing the ocean, forming a beautiful and multi-faceted landscape
Covering 250 square miles, rising out of the Pacific Ocean to a height over 3,000'. The mountain range was driven up from the sea over 10 million years ago. Weathering created rugged landscapes of canyons up to 2,000' deep with unique rock formations.
Located in a Mediterranean ecosystem, the Santa Monica Mountains contain a wide variety of plants and wildlife.

Climate

Santa Monica Mountains have a dry, warm to humid summers and wet, mild to cool winters

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Classic Climbing Routes at Santa Monica Mountains

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

5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 238 ● The Guillotine Sport Echo Cliffs > Alcove
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 67 ● Windfall Sport Echo Cliffs > Treasure Towers
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 164 ● Marauding Monkeys Sport Malibu Creek SP > Mt Gorgeous
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 107 ● Caffeine Sport Echo Cliffs > Java Wall
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 98 ● Feel The Bern Sport Malibu Creek SP > Mt Gorgeous
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 44 ● An Inconvenient Roof Sport Malibu Creek SP > Mt Gorgeous
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 83 ● Java Sport Echo Cliffs > Java Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 155 ● Urban Struggle Sport Malibu Creek SP > Ghetto Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 52 ● Pretty in Pink Sport Echo Cliffs > Pink Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 92 ● The Drifter Sport Malibu Creek SP > Century Lake Area > Drifter Wall
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 60 ● Choptop Sport Echo Cliffs > White Wall
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b 37 ● Crash and Burn Sport Echo Cliffs > Kamikaze Cave
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 25 ● Pride Sport Echo Cliffs > Alcove
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 28 ● State of Grace Sport Echo Cliffs > White Wall
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c 37 ● Ghetto Blaster Sport Malibu Creek SP > Ghetto Wall