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Barney's Rubble Bouldering

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Areas in Barney's Rubble

Alcove, The 12

Alfalfa or Spanky? 4

Hesitator, The 4

Slice of Cake 6

Slice of Pie 3

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Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Closures Details

Each year, the USFS monitors for raptor nesting.

A pair of golden eagles regularly nest on Bridge Creek Wall. When in effect, starting January 1, PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB or travel within 1/2 mile of Bridge Creek Wall. As a reference, the climb Condorphamine Addiction is just outside of this 1/2 mile buffer, and is OK to climb still. The closure extends through August 15, but there is active monitoring to determine if the seasonal closure can be lifted earlier.

In 2014, there was an active pair of peregrine falcons at Snow Creek Wall, but no official closure was put in effect due to the location of the falcons. The site will be continually monitored with changes or removal of closures updated as necessary.

Access Issue: Day Use Only and No Campfires Details

Day use only and no campfires in the Forestland/Barney's Rubble parking area and vicinity.

Description

Idyllic hollow in the forest with mostly flat pine needle landings. One of the oldest developed areas in the Icicle, it was primarily filled with classic, sometimes tall, and sometimes sandbag, v2 and under boulders. Nowadays, it also houses some harder boulders with unusual movement that took a good long time to be completed. Don't miss: The big warm up slabs on the back of Fun House Stairway. The Rail, Fun House Stairway (and all the variations you can make up on this wall), the Hesitator (and variations on this boulder), Tree Crack, Rainbow, Ouchies (which has been buffed down to a nice and less painful smoothness) and the very neato Mad Bush.

There's also a few really fun boulders downhill, by the river, including the Fin.

Fun place to picnic, chill and talk, or to bring kids. As always, please clean up after yourself.

Getting There

Parking as for Forestland is probably easiest. At 5.7 miles from the 76 station, look for a small dirt road on the right, cutting uphill, and then right.
The well-worn trail exits the parking lot on the south side of the lot, roughly equidistant from the southeast and southwest corners.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Barney's Rubble

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

V0 4 115 ● The Rail Boulder Slice of Cake
V1 5 R 31 ● Rainbow Boulder Slice of Pie
V1+ 5 89 ● Tree Crack Boulder Hesitator
V2 5+ 171 ● The Hesitator Boulder Hesitator
V2 5+ R 13 ● Slice of Pie Boulder Slice of Pie
V3 6A 31 ● Alcove Center Boulder Alcove
V5 6C 66 ● Alfalfa or Spanky? Boulder Alfalfa or Spanky?
V5 6C 35 ● Alcove Dyno Boulder Alcove
V5 6C 7 ● The Shityourpantsinator Boulder Hesitator
V6 7A 77 ● Ouchies Boulder Alcove
V7- 7A+ 40 ● Slice of Cake Boulder Slice of Cake
V7 7A+ 7 ● The Fin Boulder Alfalfa or Spanky?
V9 7C 16 ● Rubb Dyno Boulder Slice of Cake
V10- 7C+ 6 ● No Strings Attached Boulder Alcove
V2+ 5+ 116 ● Fun House Stairway Boulder Slice of Cake