The Pie Shop
Echo Summit, off Hwy 50 (Sawmill Rd) · near Meyers / South Lake Tahoe · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Rock Climbing
At a glance
- Skill level
- all-levels
- Grade range
- 5.7–5.13b · boulders V0–V9+
- Best season
- May–October (~6,300 ft)
Permits and booking
- Permit
- No permit or fee. The approach passes directly between private homes on Sawmill Rd — park considerately, keep noise down, and don't boulder against the houses; continued access depends on climbers behaving well.
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Rock Climbing detail
- Climb types
- sport · bouldering · trad · top-rope
- Rock type
- Granite — clean bolted sport walls above a dense bouldering circuit
- Route count
- ~200 total (~90+ boulders, ~48 sport, ~40 trad)
- Signature routes
- Living the Dream (5.13b) · Space Invaders (5.12a) · American Gladiator (V8)
- Intl tip
- The closest crag to South Lake Tahoe town and great for a mixed sport-and-boulder group — but parking is tight and the approach passes right by homes, so come early and keep it low-key.
The guide
The closest full-service climbing area to the town of South Lake Tahoe, the Pie Shop blends a dense bouldering circuit with a s…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to The Pie Shop — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.87501, -120.01322