Barker Dam Climbing

Last Updated: Aug, 2026
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Guide moderated by Jeremy Schoenborn

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This digital Barker Dam climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Barker Dam days smoother, safer, and more dialed.

Though usually loaded with tourists, the bouldering areas in Barker Dam feel generally secluded. Apart from hordes of climbers, that is. "Gunsmoke" is JTree's greatest treasure. Home to a few of the park's hardest boulders.

Take a left onto Barker Dam Road at mile marker 8.9 from the West Entrance. Follow this for 1.6 miles and make a left into the large parking lot. 
This digital Barker Dam climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Barker Dam days smoother, safer, and more dialed. Though usually loaded with tourists, the bouldering areas in Barker Dam feel generally secluded. Apart from hordes of climbers, that is. "Gunsmoke" is JTree's greatest treasure. Home to a few of the park's hardest boulders. Take a left onto Barker Dam Road at mile marker 8.9 from the West Entrance. Follow this for 1.6 miles and make a left into the large parking lot.

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