Big Bear Lake & Holcomb Valley

Introduction

A Climbers Guide to Big Bear Lake and Holcomb Valley Pinnacles is the essential guide to climbing near Big Bear Lake in Californias San Bernardino Mountains. It features over 1000 trad and sport routes! Youll even find a little bouldering too. The most popular climbing area here is the famed Holcomb Valley Pinnacles, loved for its steep, well-featured, granite sport climbs. The Pinnacles are covered in full detail, but if you want to do some social distancing, there is beta here for scores of crags where you might not see a single person.

Moderate sport climbs may have put Big Bear on the map, but there is something perfect here for everyone, from easy slabs, to remote pinnacles, to trad cracks of all kinds. Awesome camping abounds. While most people think of summer climbing at Big Bear, fall and even winter climbing is easy to find. The pine-covered hills, quaint mountain town, and expansive lake offer all kinds of rest-day fun. With never-before-published crags, extensive maps, and new routes for every skill level, this full-color, comprehensive guidebook promises years of climbing adventures in LAs backyard.

Areas included

• Holcomb Valley Pinnacles

• Lakeside crags including Castle Rock and Fishermans Buttress

• Fawnskin area including Hanna Rocks and Holcomb Creek

• Grapevine Canyon area, including Butt Rock

• Black Bluff and Siberia Creek

• North Shore Boulders