California · Rock climbing · Twentynine Palms

The Bond Boulders

12-route climbing area in California with sport and trad options.

Photo: daveynin, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

12 routes

5.6 – 5.11c

Trad · Sport

Is Bond Boulders, The open right now?

Alert in the area

The National Park Service lists 3 alerts for Joshua Tree National Park.

Partial Trail Closure of West Side Loop
Park alert covering Joshua Tree National Park · NPS · Joshua Tree National Park
Inaccurate Third-Party Apps
Park alert covering Joshua Tree National Park · NPS · Joshua Tree National Park
Oasis of Mara Trail Partial Closure
Park alert covering Joshua Tree National Park · NPS · Joshua Tree National Park

As of Oct 23, 8:00 pm PDT · Source: NPS · Joshua Tree National Park. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit The Bond Boulders

Best months: October–May. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

Jan
58° / 38°
4 wet
Feb
61° / 39°
3 wet
Mar
67° / 40°
3 wet
Apr
73° / 46°
2 wet
May
82° / 52°
1 wet
Jun
91° / 59°
0 wet
Jul
96° / 66°
2 wet
Aug
96° / 68°
2 wet
Sep
89° / 60°
2 wet
Oct
80° / 50°
1 wet
Nov
66° / 41°
2 wet
Dec
58° / 34°
4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Yucca Valley, CA, 20.6 mi away at 3,249 ft. The station sits about 900 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

The Bond Boulders are a climbing area in Joshua Tree National Park, inside the Joshua Tree Wilderness, in California. The National Park Service manages the land, and the park's wilderness boundaries put the boulders within the protected backcountry of the park. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb here. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Yucca Valley, which sits about 850 feet lower than the boulders, show April highs around 73°F and October highs around 80°F, while July and August average highs near 96°F. The area has 12 routes, with seven trad and five sport. Grades range from 5.6 to 5.11c, with the hardest route, Never Say Never Again, a sport climb at 5.11c. Among the trad routes are Live and Let Die at 5.10d and Matt Gay at 5.10a. Bad Cop Rock and Loveland both lie about 0.1 mile away. Beak Boulder Area is about 0.4 mile off, and Split Rock Trail is roughly 0.8 mile away.