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South Shore Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in South Shore

Arena, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Armstrong Pass 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Beavers, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Benwood Meadows 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Black Bart Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Bob's Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Dirty Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Fat Tire Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Hidetaka's Hideout 6 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Hope Valley 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Jobs Peak 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Jobs Peak Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Lake Audrain 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Lower Big Meadow Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Luther Boulders, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Luther campground boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Luther Rock 0 / 17 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Luther Spires 9 / 13 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Meyers Area 2 / 30 / 4 / 32 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 64

Monty Python Castles 3 / 14 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Mount Tallac 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Mtn. Beavers 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Off Road Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Old School Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Pie Shop, The 38 / 45 / 25 / 71 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 159

Projectile, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Rolling Thunder 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Show of Force 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Tahoe Mountain Road 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Trimmer Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Wonderland, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Elevation:	6,275 ft
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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/

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.

V4 6B 53 ● Tall Boy Boulder Meyers Area > Christmas Valley > Tall Boy
V5 6C 50 ● Flying Birdie Boulder Pie Shop > Pie Shop Boulde… > Golf Course Boulders
V5 6C 35 ● Aztec Boulder Meyers Area > Toltec Boulder
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 88 ● Jane Spy Sport Luther Spires > Luther Spires - Main…
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 73 ● Crepes Corner Trad Pie Shop > 7. Main Wall > Main Wall (Left)
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 63 ● Divided Sky Sport 4 pitches Meyers Area > Meyers Multipitch
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 63 ● Beer and a Hot Dog, Two Bucks Sport, TR Luther Spires > Right Hand Spires
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 92 ● Just Jerry Sport, TR Luther Spires > Right Hand Spires
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 44 ● Mixed Emotions Trad Luther Spires > Luther Spires - Main…
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 38 ● Widow Maker Sport Luther Spires > Widow Maker
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 43 ● Gimpy Old Men Sport, TR Pie Shop > 6. Middle Aged Wall
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 42 ● Plane Crash Sport Luther Spires > Luther Spires - Main…
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 44 ● Moonshine Sport Luther Rock > Distillery Wall
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 41 ● Just Do It Sport Luther Spires > Luther Spires - Main…
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 55 ● Space Invaders Sport, TR Pie Shop > 2. Space Invaders