Riverside Quarry
Riverside (Inland Empire) · near Riverside · Los Angeles / SoCal
Rock Climbing
At a glance
- Skill level
- advanced
- Grade range
- 5.9 to 5.14 · Dense, steep sport climbing
- Best season
- Fall through spring · Shaded walls climbable even in warm weather · Summer is hot
Permits and booking
- Permit
- Access has had sensitivities over the years (it's a reclaimed quarry) — follow current local access guidance and any posted rules. No formal permit. Primarily an advanced sport-training venue.
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Rock Climbing detail
- Nickname
- SoCal's Steep Sport Gym-Outside
- Climb types
- sport
- Rock type
- Quarried granite (steep, bolted)
- Route count
- Hundreds of bolted sport routes packed into a former quarry
- Signature routes
- The steep sport walls · Moderate warm-ups
- First timer note
- Riverside Quarry is a dense, steep sport-climbing venue — think of it as an outdoor gym for the Inland Empire and LA. It skews toward harder grades (great for training) but has enough moderates for progressing leaders. The setting is industrial, not scenic.
- Intl tip
- Riverside Quarry is central to the Inland Empire's climbing scene — combine with the Sycamore Canyon MTB (MTB guide) nearby, or use it as a training stop en route to Joshua Tree or Idyllwild. Cooler months and shaded walls make it climbable much of the year.
The guide
Riverside Quarry is Southern California's steep-sport training ground — a reclaimed granite quarry in the Inland Empire packed …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Riverside Quarry — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.953, -117.446