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South Shore Climbing

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Areas in South Shore

Arena, The 2

Armstrong Pass 2

Beavers, The 18

Benwood Meadows 2

Black Bart Boulders 5

Bob's Rock 3

Dirty Boulders 2

Fat Tire Boulder 2

Heavenly Resort boulders 1

Hidetaka's Hideout 8

Hope Valley 2

Jobs Peak 2

Jobs Peak Bouldering 3

Lake Audrain 1

Lower Big Meadow Bouldering 6

Luther Boulders, The 2

Luther campground boulder 2

Luther Rock 17

Luther Spires 24

Meyers Area 74

Mount Tallac 2

Mtn. Beavers 2

Off Road Area 2

Old School Area 1

Pie Shop, The 193

Projectile, The 1

Rolling Thunder 1

Show of Force 1

Tahoe Mountain Road 1

Trimmer Area 11

Wonderland, The 2

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Description

The California side of the South Shore of Lake Tahoe basin includes the large level (for the mountains) valley around the resort city of South Lake Tahoe, rising up to Echo Summit and Armstrong Pass. Climbers from this area usually also include the many Woodfords Canyon crags a bit south of here on route 88 in this area.

Community

Tahoe Sports Ltd "..is your locally owned and operated home for equipment and sporting needs, since 1982. Our shop is the largest sports retailer in the basin, carrying the best-of-the-best for your outdoor lifestyle... Our staff is knowledgeable of the area and loves nothing more than to suggest a hiking trail or bike ride."

They sell and rent climbing gear.

Website: https://www.tahoesportsltd.com/

Blue Granite Climbing Gym recently opened, and may be hosting local climbing access meetings.

Website: https://bluegraniteclimbing.com/

Tahoe Gear Exchange in South Lake Tahoe sells quality outdoor sporting goods for an afforable price. From used climbing shoes, cordage and camping gear they have a little bit of everything you might need for your next adventure.

Website: https://www.tahoegearexchange.com/

Fixed Hardware Replacement Program

The Tahoe Climbers Coalition needs our help to update all the manky bolts in our area! South Lake Tahoe has always had a rich history of people coming up and doing whatever they want from surrounding areas, and as a result, the gear is pretty all over the place.

We are already using Bad Bolts to try and have the community report them, fix them as fast as we can, but it could be a super useful resource to update allowing people visiting to understand the status of hardware before they arrive!

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Classic Climbing Routes at South Shore

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

V3 6A 30 ● Quality Line Boulder Pie Shop > Pie Shop Boulde… > Quality Boulder
V4 6B 73 ● Tall Boy Boulder Meyers Area > Christmas Valley > Tall Boy
V5 6C 75 ● Flying Birdie Boulder Pie Shop > Pie Shop Boulde… > Golf Course Boulders
V5 6C 60 ● Aztec Boulder Meyers Area > Toltec Boulder
V5 6C 37 ● Tall Boy Sit Boulder Meyers Area > Christmas Valley > Tall Boy
V6 7A 30 ● Wild Pack of Family Dogs Boulder Beavers > Angry Beaver Boulder
V7- 7A+ 19 ● Flyin Mayan Boulder Meyers Area > Toltec Boulder
V8 7B 16 ● American Gladiator Boulder Pie Shop > Pie Shop Boulde… > Quality Boulder
V9 7C 17 ● Pimp Juice Boulder Pie Shop > … > Trailhead Boulders > Pimp Juice Boulder
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 42 ● Widow Maker Sport Luther Spires > Widow Maker
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 48 ● Moonshine Sport Luther Rock > Distillery Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 44 ● Just Do It Sport Luther Spires > Luther Spires - Main…
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a 15 ● Seven and Seven Sport Luther Rock > Distillery Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 72 ● Space Invaders Sport, TR Pie Shop > 2. Space Invaders
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 14 ● Blaster Pals Sport Pie Shop > 2. Space Invaders