Redding Area Bouldering
Redding (scattered sites) · near Redding · Shasta Cascade
Rock Climbing
At a glance
- Skill level
- all-levels
- Grade range
- V0-V5; a few 5.5-5.12c roped
- Best season
- October-April (hot valley summers)
Permits and booking
- Permit
- Mixed land - Whiskeytown NRA (fee), Bureau of Reclamation/Clear Creek, and NF parcels; check per site. Mostly free, short-approach roadside access.
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Rock Climbing detail
- Climb types
- bouldering · top-rope · sport
- Rock type
- Mixed (sandstone, granite, some limestone)
- Route count
- ~40-50 scattered problems/routes
- Signature routes
- Mary Fork Boulders · Dry Creek Sandstone · Clear Creek Gorge
- Intl tip
- A low-key, scattered local bouldering scene - the Mary Fork Boulders are the biggest cluster. A cool-season pursuit (Oct-April; hot summers). Mixed land status, so check access per site. The Shasta Rock Club gym in town is the training hub.
The guide
Redding's climbing is a scattered, after-work bouldering scene rather than a destination - but for a fast-growing city in a hot…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Redding Area Bouldering — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.582, -122.405