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L_Ahrens
Apr 22, 2010, 2:20 AM
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Wondering if there are any good sport or boulders around Zion, Rockville, Virgin or anywhere near by. Only can find one or two in the books. Seems strange such an iconic climbing location only has a few of each.
Any info appreciated.
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L_Ahrens
Apr 22, 2010, 2:41 AM
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Well I saw some of the older threads about this and realized there is not much to climb. oh well
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gosharks
Apr 22, 2010, 2:46 AM
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Moe's Valley
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kennoyce
Apr 22, 2010, 3:01 AM
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Right by Zions, no, you won't find anything but real climbing. Head to St. George (1 hour) and there is plenty of both sport and bouldering.
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joeforte
Apr 22, 2010, 3:39 AM
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There's some excelent sport routes in Zion actually. I remember one I really loved was called Electra, even though I was there to climb trad!
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kennoyce
Apr 22, 2010, 4:04 AM
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You are correct, there are a few good sport routes as well as a few good looking boulders (I don't know how good the boulders are as I try not to stoop to that level) in Zion but they are generally few and far between. That being said, Kolob Canyon in northern Zion has some amazingly fun sport routes, super overhung with body sized huecos makes for sweet climbing.
I was merely pointing out that if you are in the area to sport climb and boulder, you'd be much better off heading to St. George.
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rubber_man
Apr 23, 2010, 5:20 PM
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I'm gonna second hitting St. George. Plenty of good sport climbing. If you're heading there in the summer avoid places in the sun. Hot as hell there
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finnishsport
May 6, 2010, 4:34 PM
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http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.202123,-112.988497&spn=0.000985,0.001725&t=h&z=19
I hope that link works. Can you see the giant rock right to the left of the small parking area? That's a really nice boulder with a lot of problems on it.
I was there last summer and came across that one randomly, wasn't there to climb so that's all I got for ya though :(
Hope it helps, J
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sidepull
May 6, 2010, 4:48 PM
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finnishsport wrote: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.202123,-112.988497&spn=0.000985,0.001725&t=h&z=19 I hope that link works. Can you see the giant rock right to the left of the small parking area? That's a really nice boulder with a lot of problems on it. I was there last summer and came across that one randomly, wasn't there to climb so that's all I got for ya though :( Hope it helps, J
Agreed, those boulderers right near the gate have some good stuff. The arete seemed to be in the v4ish range.
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mrtristan
May 11, 2010, 6:30 PM
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I second Moe's Valley for bouldering.
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