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Classic Climbs for Southern Sierra - The Needles, Kern River, Domelands, etc.
Mountain Project's determination of the most popular, highly-rated routes.
| Route Name | Location | Star Rating | Difficulty | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● Claustrophobia Crack | Kernville Rock (a.k.a… |
|
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● Tree Route | Dome Rock |
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5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad 4 pitches | |
| ● Voodoo Chimney | Needles > Voodoo Dome |
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5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b TR | |
| ● Charlatan Summit Spire (a.k… | Needles > Charlatan |
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad | |
| ● Lichen it | Sherman Pass Rd > Fish Creek Rock |
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport | |
| ● Dirty Dishes | Kernville Rock (a.k.a… |
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5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport | |
| ● Kingfisher | Sherman Pass Rd > Fish Creek Rock |
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5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport | |
| ● Poof | Needles > Magician |
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5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R Trad 4 pitches | |
| ● Summer Sojourn | Needles > Voodoo Dome |
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5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c R Trad 6 pitches | |
| ● Chouinard Special | Kernville Rock (a.k.a… |
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, Sport | |
| ● IP Yay! | Kernville Rock (a.k.a… |
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport | |
| ● [Redacted] | Dome Rock |
|
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● One Hundred Feet Of Feet | Sherman Pass Rd > Trout Rock |
|
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport | |
| ● Magic Dragon | Needles > Magician |
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R Trad 10 pitches | |
| ● The Lieback | Kernville Rock (a.k.a… |
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● Spooky | Lower Kern Rive… > Lower Power station |
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad | |
| ● Left Crack | Dome Rock |
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5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Direct Anti-Jello Crack | Dome Rock |
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5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 Trad | |
| ● Imaginary Voyage | Needles > Warlock |
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5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c Trad 4 pitches | |
| ● Bugging Around | Kernville Rock (a.k.a… |
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5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c Sport 2 pitches | |
| ● White Punks on Dope | Needles > Voodoo Dome |
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5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c PG13 Trad 6 pitches | |
| ● Sunrise Service | New Directions > Heart Rock |
|
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport | |
| ● South Face | Needles > Warlock |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 Trad 8 pitches | |
| ● Arête | Lower Kern Rive… > Rdside Crag |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a TR | |
| ● Innersanctum | Needles > Witch |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Spooky | Needles > Charlatan |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● Yellow Brick Road | Needles > Wizard |
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5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Igor Unchained | Needles > Witch |
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5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Witch Doctor | Needles > Witch |
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5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad 4 pitches | |
| ● Airy Interlude | Needles > Witch |
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5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Love Potion No. 9 | Needles > Sorcerer's Apprentice |
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5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13 Trad, Sport 2 pitches | |
| ● Anti-Jello Crack | Dome Rock |
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5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad 4 pitches | |
| ● The Howling | Needles > Warlock |
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5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13 Trad, Sport 2 pitches | |
| ● Phosphorescent Flow | Needles > Witch |
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5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R Trad | |
| ● Nowhere Man | New Directions > Nowhere Man |
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5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Sport | |
| ● Fine Line | Kernville Rock (a.k.a… |
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5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Trad | |
| ● Silver Threads | Needles > Necromancer Needle |
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5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Saucer Full of Secrets | Dome Rock |
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5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Green New Deal | Sherman Pass Rd > Fish Creek Rock |
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5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport | |
| ● Thin Ice | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Ghostbumps | Needles > Warlock |
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5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● Wicked West of the Witch | Needles > Witch |
|
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R Trad | |
| ● Windjammer | Dome Rock |
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5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b R Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● S Crack | Needles > Warlock |
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5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 Trad 10 pitches | |
| ● Fancy Free | Needles > Charlatan |
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5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Refulgent Journey | Domeland Wilder… > Radiant Dome |
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5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, Alpine 4 pitches | |
| ● The Spell | Needles > Warlock |
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5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● The Pit & The Pendulum | Needles > Witch |
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5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad 4 pitches | |
| ● Shoulder Hopper | Hermit Spires |
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5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport | |
| ● El Pescador | Sherman Pass Rd > Fish Creek Rock |
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5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport | |
| ● Mike Mason Memorial | Domeland Wilder… > Bart Dome |
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5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad, Alpine 5 pitches | |
| ● Friction Brewing | Kernville Rock (a.k.a… |
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5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport | |
| ● Orange Roughy | Sherman Pass Rd > Fish Creek Rock |
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5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad | |
| ● Red Mushrooms | Dome Rock |
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5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13 Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Gemstone | Needles > Charlatan |
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5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● Tobin's Dihedral | Dome Rock |
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5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● Gorilla Warfare | Needles > Witch |
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5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad | |
| ● Spook Book | Needles > Witch |
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5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R Trad 4 pitches | |
| ● Unnamed Sources | New Directions > Parking Lot Rock |
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5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad | |
| ● Anxiety Attack | New Directions > Rusty Nail Area |
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5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● The Entity | Needles > Witch |
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5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R Trad 4 pitches | |
| ● Cookies on Sunday | Needles > Magician |
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5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad 5 pitches | |
| ● Pinhead | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad | |
| ● Lost at Sea | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad | |
| ● Fish Ladder | Sherman Pass Rd > Fish Creek Rock |
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5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport | |
| ● Somewhere Man | New Directions > Nowhere Man |
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5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport | |
| ● Initiation Crack | Kernville Rock (a.k.a… |
|
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad | |
| ● Welcome to Bald Eagle Peak | Bald Eagle Peak |
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5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport 2 pitches | |
| ● Assault and Battery | New Directions > Nowhere Man |
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5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport 2 pitches | |
| ● Wailing Banshees | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13 Trad 4 pitches | |
| ● Between Nothingness and Ete… | Dome Rock |
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5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13 Sport 3 pitches | |
| ● Green Tide | Needles > Witch |
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5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R Trad | |
| ● Kaopectate Blues | Domeland Wilder… > Columbia Dome |
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5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad, Alpine 5 pitches | |
| ● The Heckler | New Directions > Middle Cliff |
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5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport | |
| ● The Raven | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad | |
| ● Overflow | Sherman Pass Rd > Fish Creek Rock |
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5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport | |
| ● The Don Juan Wall | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad 5 pitches | |
| ● Ice Pirates | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● Go Fish | Sherman Pass Rd > Fish Creek Rock |
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5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Sport | |
| ● Terrorvision | Needles > Witch |
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5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13 Trad | |
| ● The Light Side | Needles > Voodoo Dome |
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5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13 Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● Sherman Tank | Sherman Pass Rd > Trout Rock |
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5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad | |
| ● Liquid Jesus | Domeland Wilder… > Church Domes > Rock of Ages |
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5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport, Alpine | |
| ● Planet Waves | Needles > Warlock |
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5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13 Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● Tradewinds | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport | |
| ● Atlantis | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a PG13 Trad 4 pitches | |
| ● Vicious | Dome Rock |
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5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Trad | |
| ● The Emperor (aka Pea Soup) | Needles > Voodoo Dome |
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5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Trad | |
| ● Duty Now for the Future | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13 Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● Ankles Away | Needles > Witch |
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5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13 Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● Pegleg | Needles > Witch |
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5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13 Trad | |
| ● Over the Rainbow | Domeland Wilder… > Bart Dome |
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5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport, Alpine | |
| ● Scirocco | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport | |
| ● Sea of Tranquility | Needles > Warlock |
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5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a PG13 Trad 5 pitches | |
| ● Pins and Needles | Needles > Charlatan |
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5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Trad | |
| ● Romantic Warrior | Needles > Warlock |
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5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Trad 9 pitches | |
| ● Davy Jones' Locker | Needles > Sorcerer |
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5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b PG13 Trad 2 pitches | |
| ● The Nautilus | Needles > Witch |
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5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b PG13 Trad 3 pitches | |
| ● The Titanic | Needles > Warlock |
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5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Trad | |
| ● Pyromania | Needles > Fire Wall |
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5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c PG13 Trad |
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