Lassen Area Bouldering
Lassen Volcanic NP & Eagle Peak · near Mineral · Shasta Cascade
Rock Climbing
At a glance
- Skill level
- all-levels
- Grade range
- V0-V6; some 5.7-5.12a roped
- Best season
- July-October (high elevation, snowbound into summer)
Permits and booking
- Permit
- Lassen Volcanic National Park (entrance fee); bouldering is permitted but not promoted. Volcanic rock is often loose - the boulders are better than the peaks. Warner Valley and Hwy 44 areas are on mixed NF land at the park margins. High elevation (~7,000 ft), short season.
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Rock Climbing detail
- Climb types
- bouldering · top-rope · trad
- Rock type
- Volcanic (dacite/andesite)
- Route count
- ~270 logged (many are peak scrambles)
- Signature routes
- Peapod · Bowling Ball Left · Warner Valley Loading Zone
- Intl tip
- A modest, high-country bouldering scene near Lassen - the Eagle Peak boulders are the best of it. High elevation and snowbound into summer, so July-October only. Volcanic rock is variable; bring pads and low expectations. Park entrance fee applies.
The guide
Rock climbing isn't why people come to Lassen, but the volcanic country around the park hides a real, if modest, bouldering sce…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lassen Area Bouldering — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.4656, -121.4567