Joshua Tree National Park Statistics

General area statistics

Area Name: Joshua Tree National Park
Number Routes: 4,198
Number Areas: 1,012
Number Activity Updates: 1,468
Number Ascents: 5,151
Areas With Description: 39
Routes With Description: 46
Routes With Ascent Coverage: 1,656
Trad Routes: 240
Sport Routes: 11
Top Rope Routes: 17
Multipitch Routes: 14
Aid Routes: 30
Boulder Problems: 97
Alpine Routes
Ice Routes
Average Height: 26
Route Grade Contributions: 4,944
Number Topos: 34
Number Routes With Topos: 174
Number Favorite Crags: 4
Number Shortcuts: 197
Number Distinct Route Ascents: 5,075
Trad Route Ascents: 1,052
Sport Route Ascents: 35
Multipitch Route Ascents: 64
Aid Route Ascents: 2
Boulder Route Ascents: 121
Alpine Route Ascents
Ice Route Ascents
Number Ticks: 4,972
Number Hits: 84
Number Ghosts: 16
Number Pure Ascents: 973
Number Repeat Ascents: 24
Number Routes Repeated: 21
Number Quality Ratings: 2,573
Number Relative Difficulty Ratings: 8
Number Ascent Comments: 593
Number Photos: 64
Number Distinct Route Photos: 35
Number Contributing Publications: 4
Number Climbers Indicating Ascent: 311
Height Profile
Difficulty Band Profile
YDS Grade Profile
AU Grade Profile
FR Grade Profile
Rating System Profile
Protection Rating Profile
Tick Type Profile
Quality Assessment Profile
Relative Difficulty Assessment Profile
Ascent YDS Grade Profile
Ascent AU Grade Profile
Ascent FR Grade Profile
Month Ascent Profile
Hardest Tick Ascent: Thin Lizzy {V9}
Hardest Clean Ascent: Thin Lizzy {V9}
Hardest Lead Ascent: Thin Lizzy {V9}
Hardest Onsight Ascent: Thin Lizzy {V9}
Hardest Flash Ascent: White Rastafarian {5.11+ B1}
Hardest Redpoint Ascent: High Noon {V5}
Hardest Pinkpoint Ascent: Santa's Little Helpers {5.11a}
Hardest Second Ascent: Puss N' Boots {5.11c}
Hardest Clean Second Ascent: Puss N' Boots {5.11c}
Hardest Solo Ascent: Milk Run {5.11a}
Hardest Top Rope Ascent: Rap Bolters Are Weak {5.12a}
Hardest Clean Top Rope Ascent: Rap Bolters Are Weak {5.12a}
Hardest Aid Ascent: Toe Jam {5.7}
Area Quality Score: 61
Area Difficulty Score: 40
Area Busyness Score: 9
Area Grade Accuracy Score
Hardest Routes: Integrity {5.14a}; G String {5.13d}; New Deal {5.13d}; Stingray {5.13d}; La Machine {5.13d}; Thin Lizzy {V9}; Rubber Boa {5.13c}; Ocean of Doubt {5.13c}; Factor One {5.13c}; Hydra {5.13c}
Easiest Routes: Mountaineers' Route {Class 4}; Chockstone Chimney {Class 4}; Geraldo Follows Ophry {5.0}; Chimney Sweep {5.0}; Dike {5.0}; The Trough {5.0}; Ambulance Driver {5.1}; Brimstone Stairway {5.1}; Bozo Buttress {5.1}; Two Point Crack {5.1}
Busiest Routes: Double Cross {5.7}; Sail Away {5.8}; Toe Jam {5.7}; SW Corner {5.6}; Stichter Quits {5.7}; Double Dip {5.6}; Walk On The Wild Side {5.7}; Cryptic {5.8}; Overhang Bypass {5.7}; Mike's Books {5.6}
Busiest Beginner Routes: The Bong {5.4}; Upper Right Ski Track {5.3}; The Eye {5.3}; Double Crack {5.3}; Men With Cow's Heads {5.5}; B-2 {5.3}; The Trough {5.5}; B-1 {5.3}; Toe Jam Express {5.3}; Beginner's Two {5.3}
Busiest Intermediate Routes: Double Cross {5.7}; Sail Away {5.8}; Toe Jam {5.7}; SW Corner {5.6}; Stichter Quits {5.7}; Double Dip {5.6}; Walk On The Wild Side {5.7}; Cryptic {5.8}; Overhang Bypass {5.7}; Mike's Books {5.6}
Busiest Experienced Routes: Illusion Dweller (Candy-Colored Tangerine Flake Stremlined Baby) {5.10b}; Lower Right Ski Track {5.10c}; Papa Woolsey {5.10b}; Clean and Jerk {5.10c}; Bearded Cabbage {5.10c to 5.10d}; Gunsmoke {5.11+ V2}; Run For Your Life {5.10b}; Pinched Rib {5.10b}; Big Moe {5.11a}; Poodles Are People Too {5.10b}
Busiest Expert Routes: Streetcar Named Desire {V6}; High Noon {V5}
Busiest Top Rope Routes: The Sound of One Shoe Tapping {5.8}; Sitting Here In Limbo {5.9}; Tulip {5.6}; W.A.C. {5.8}; Flake And Bake {5.9}; Baby-Point-Five {5.8}; Bimbo {5.10a}; Bacon Flake {5.9}; Chute Up {5.2}; Out On a Limb {5.10b}
Busiest Sport Routes: Papa Woolsey {5.10b}; Run For Your Life {5.10b}; Grey Cell Green {5.10d to 5.11a}
Busiest Trad Routes: Double Cross {5.7}; Toe Jam {5.7}; Overhang Bypass {5.7}; Mike's Books {5.6}; Dogleg {5.8}; Tiptoe {5.7}; Upper Right Ski Track {5.3}; North Overhang {5.9}; The Eye {5.3}; The Flake {5.8}
Busiest Boulder Routes: Gunsmoke {5.11+ V2}; Stem Gem {5.11+ B1}; White Rastafarian {5.11+ B1}; Saturday Night Live {B1}; Streetcar Named Desire {V6}; The Chube {V2}; Planet X {5.8 B1+}; The Tube {5.11 V0+}; Ripper {5.11 V1}; Gripper Traverse {5.10 V0+}
Most Desirable Routes: Sail Away {5.8}; Walk On The Wild Side {5.7}; Double Cross {5.7}; Touch and Go {5.9}; Dogleg {5.8}; Mental Physics {5.7}; Gunsmoke {5.11+ V2}; White Lightning {5.7}; Hands Off {5.8}; Mike's Books {5.6}
Purist Routes: Beginner's Two {5.3}; Frosty Cone {5.7}; White Lightning {5.7}; Mental Physics {5.7}; Sitting Here In Limbo {5.9}; The Swift {5.7}; Papa Woolsey {5.10b}; SW Corner {5.6}; Loose Lady {5.9}; Solar Technology {5.6}
Highest Quality Routes: O'Kelley's Crack {5.10c}; Figures On a Landscape {5.10b}; Hot Rocks {5.11c}; Stem Gem {5.11+ B1}; Rubicon {5.10d}; Bird Of Fire {5.10a}; Saturday Night Live {B1}; Run For Your Life {5.10b}; Illusion Dweller (Candy-Colored Tangerine Flake Stremlined Baby) {5.10b}; Exorcist {5.10a}
Highest Quality Beginner Routes: Right On {5.5}; The Eye {5.3}; The Bong {5.4}; Upper Right Ski Track {5.3}; Toe Jam Express {5.3}; Duchess Left {5.4}; 39 Steps {5.4}; Beginners' Three {5.3}; Double Crack {5.3}; Roboranger {5.5}
Highest Quality Intermediate Routes: Bird Of Fire {5.10a}; Exorcist {5.10a}; Solid Gold {5.10a}; Mental Physics {5.7}; Who's First {5.6}; Overseer {5.9}; Breakfast of Champions {5.9}; Room To Shroom {5.9}; Geronimo {5.7}; Tax Man {5.10a}
Highest Quality Experienced Routes: O'Kelley's Crack {5.10c}; Figures On a Landscape {5.10b}; Hot Rocks {5.11c}; Stem Gem {5.11+ B1}; Rubicon {5.10d}; Saturday Night Live {B1}; Run For Your Life {5.10b}; Illusion Dweller (Candy-Colored Tangerine Flake Stremlined Baby) {5.10b}; White Rastafarian {5.11+ B1}; Sidewinder {5.10b}
Highest Quality Expert Routes: Streetcar Named Desire {V6}
Highest Quality Top Rope Routes: Sitting Here In Limbo {5.9}; Flake And Bake {5.9}; The Sound of One Shoe Tapping {5.8}; Route 499 {5.11b}; Out On a Limb {5.10b}; Bimbo {5.10a}; Tulip {5.6}
Highest Quality Sport Routes: Run For Your Life {5.10b}; Papa Woolsey {5.10b}
Highest Quality Trad Routes: Overseer {5.9}; Geronimo {5.7}; Tax Man {5.10a}; Head over Heals {5.10a}; Lower Right Ski Track {5.10c}; Double Cross {5.7}; Mr. Misty Kiss {5.7}; Chalk Up Another One {5.10a}; Ball Bearing {5.10a}; North Overhang {5.9}
Highest Quality Boulder Routes: Stem Gem {5.11+ B1}; Saturday Night Live {B1}; White Rastafarian {5.11+ B1}; Gunsmoke {5.11+ V2}; Streetcar Named Desire {V6}; The Chube {V2}
Hightest Quality Minor Areas: Split Rocks Area; Wonderland of Rocks South; East Face; Hemingway Buttress; Steve Canyon; The Land That Time Forgot; Echo Rock Area; The Outback; Echo Cove; The East Wall (West Face)
Hightest Quality Major Areas: Joshua Tree National Park
Hardest Minor Areas: North Face; Hidden Wall; East Face (Bachar Toprope Wall); The Ivory Tower; The Hidden Cliff; Bouldering; Financial Wall; Pitted Rock; Shipwreck Boulder; West World
Hardest Major Areas: The Atom Smashers; The Northern Wonderland; Grey Giant, Tombstone, Fortress Areas; Turtle Rock Area; Desert Queen Mine Area; Split Rocks Area; The Outback; Roadside Rocks; West Parking Area; Wonderland of Rocks - North
Easiest Minor Areas: Wooly Spider Boulder; Cave Rock; West Face; Grain Central Station; Circle Crag; Desert Island; Morbid Mound; Southwest Face; Indian Palisades Corridor; West Face
Easiest Major Areas: Group Camp Road Areas; Center Crags; Group Camp West; Indian Cove; Quail Springs; Lost Horse North; Jumbo Rocks; Stirrup Tank; Lost Horse; Candlestein Pass
Busiest Minor Areas: West Face; West Face; The Old Woman; Trashcan Rock; South End; East Face; East Face; North Face; Right-side; Thin Wall
Busiest Major Areas: Candlestein Pass; Quail Springs; Center Crags; Echo Cove; The Real Hidden Valley; Lost Horse North; The Real Hidden Valley Area; Indian Cove; Hidden Valley Campground; Lost Horse
Highest Quality Crags: Joshua Tree National Park
Busiest Crags: Joshua Tree National Park
Classic Crags: Joshua Tree National Park
Grade Icons: 5.6 - SW Corner; 5.7 - Double Cross; 5.8 - Sail Away; 5.9 - Touch and Go; 5.10b - Illusion Dweller (Candy-Colored Tangerine Flake Stremlined Baby); 5.10c - O'Kelley's Crack; 5.10d - Rubicon; 5.11c - Hot Rocks; 5.11d - Stem Gem

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Joshua Tree National Park Statistics