Suicide Rock
Suicide Rock in California has 19 climbing routes across 10 difficulty grades.
Photo: Benjamin Crowell, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 19 routes
- 5.9 – 5.13+
- Trad · Sport · Mixed
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The Forest Service lists 2 alerts for San Bernardino National Forest.
Safety Alert - Falling Rocks at Bonita Falls
Agency alert covering San Bernardino National Forest · USFS · San Bernardino National Forest
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Agency alert covering San Bernardino National Forest · Order 05-12-00-26-05 · USFS · San Bernardino National Forest
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Suicide Rock is a climbing area in the San Jacinto Wilderness, part of the San Jacinto Ranger District of San Bernardino National Forest in California. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits within designated wilderness. The climbing here is a mix of trad and sport routes, with 19 routes in total. Fourteen are trad, four are sport and one is mixed. The YDS grades run from 5.9 up to 5.13+, with the median around 5.11b. Among the named routes are Deception Pillar at 5.9, Question of Balance at 5.10c and Tsunami at 5.13+. The closest neighbors are the (j) Paisano Pinnacle Area and the Smooth Sole Wall - Left Side, both about 0.1 mile away. The Climbers hike is 0.4 mile off, and the Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail is 0.6 mile away.
Routes (19)
(a) Winter Slab(1)
(b) Arpa Carpa Cliff(4)
(d) Deception Pillar(4)
(g) Obsession Boulder(3)
(q) Sunkist Face(4)
Quickie Cliff(2)
Tsunami Boulder(1)
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