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In winter, rule out Tahquitz/Suicide and in any season the area may not pass the "low impact cragging" criteria. JTree would be fine but bone up before you go. rockclimbing.com and mountainproject.com are good resources.

 

Some research, planning and good judgment ahead of time will help keep your relationship intact on a low impact cragging outing. Trust me.

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Yeah, what Ross said.

 

Also consider:

>bouldering at Boomer Beach in La Jolla during low tide - grainy crappy sandstone but a nice place to chill out.

>Mission Gorge - unusual metamorphosed rock, good low key cragging, lots in the 5.7 to 5.11 range with some outliers on the scale

>bouldering at Rainbow if someone local like Ross can hook you up with a key, really splendid stuff with an excellent view

>Woodson has some of the best short cracks anywhere, but most aren't low key girlfriend routes if that's what you're looking for

>Santee is great face climbing bouldering, but if your tips aren't calloused you might be limited

 

Jtree is three hours, a bit much for a day trip, Tahquitz & Suicide may be really cold, & Canon Tajo in Baja would require a little local knowledge to get to and find the routes. Big Rock near Lake Perris is entertaining for a day, there should be a thread floating around Supertopo on that crag.

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Yeah, what Ross said.

 

Also consider:

>bouldering at Boomer Beach in La Jolla during low tide - grainy crappy sandstone but a nice place to chill out.

>Mission Gorge - unusual metamorphosed rock, good low key cragging, lots in the 5.7 to 5.11 range with some outliers on the scale

>bouldering at Rainbow if someone local like Ross can hook you up with a key, really splendid stuff with an excellent view

>Woodson has some of the best short cracks anywhere, but most aren't low key girlfriend routes if that's what you're looking for

>Santee is great face climbing bouldering, but if your tips aren't calloused you might be limited

 

Jtree is three hours, a bit much for a day trip, Tahquitz & Suicide may be really cold, & Canon Tajo in Baja would require a little local knowledge to get to and find the routes. Big Rock near Lake Perris is entertaining for a day, there should be a thread floating around Supertopo on that crag.

 

Thanks for the tips on places to go in so cal, looking forward to checking out some of these places

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