Luther Spires
Big Meadow Trailhead, Hwy 89 toward Luther Pass · near Meyers / South Lake Tahoe · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Rock Climbing
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Grade range
- 5.7–5.11c
- Best season
- June–October (~7,400 ft)
Permits and booking
- Permit
- No permit or fee. A purpose-built approach trail (completed 2021) leaves the popular Big Meadow trailhead.
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Rock Climbing detail
- Climb types
- sport · trad · top-rope
- Rock type
- Granite spires
- Route count
- ~24 routes across four sub-areas
- Signature routes
- Jane Spy (5.7) · Mixed Emotions (5.10a) · Jackass (5.11c)
- Intl tip
- A good accessible half-day or backup crag off the Big Meadow trailhead — beginner-friendly grades on a short new approach trail. Bring both draws and a light rack.
The guide
A smaller, newer-access spire cluster with a purpose-built approach trail off the popular Big Meadow trailhead, Luther Spires i…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Luther Spires — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.7938, -119.99575