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Tour De France Area

Tour De France Area in California has 5 climbing routes on bouldering pads.

Tour De France AreaPhoto: simonov, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
5 routes
V1 – V8-
Bouldering

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The Tour De France Area is a bouldering area in the San Jacinto Ranger District of San Bernardino National Forest in California, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Campground Crags about 0.1 mile away and Cracker Boy Area about 0.2 mile away, making it easy to pair with other climbs in the same corner of the forest. The area holds five bouldering routes, all rated on the V scale. The easiest is Future Direct at V1, and the hardest is Hopscotch at V8. Tour de France, also known as Firewall, is a V7 boulder with a first ascent by Kerwin Klein in 1992. Captain America and The A-Team are both V8-. Black Mountain (San Bernardino) campground is about 1.2 miles away, and the Nature Trail hike is about 1.6 miles away. For a longer outing, San Jacinto - Santa Rosa Mountains Recreation Area is about 6 miles off.

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