Northwest Crags Climbing

Last Updated: Aug, 2026
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Guide moderated by Matthew Marciante & Cole Fennel

ABOUT Northwest Crags

This digital Northwest Crags 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 Northwest Crags days smoother, safer, and more dialed.

his sub-chapter covers two relatively secluded areas stationed in the northwestern corner of Horseshoe Canyon. You’ll find short but classy lines in a gorgeous setting at the Titanic Boulder, and the typical Horseshoe Canyon chickenhead-bashing at Doomsday. In previous publications this sector also included the Prophecy Wall and Ren and Stimpy. These two areas are now described in the preceeding sub-chapter because of new development that has connected them to the Westside. 

Conditions: Both of these areas face east and get great morning sun; however, the routes o... Show more
This digital Northwest Crags 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 Northwest Crags days smoother, safer, and more dialed. his sub-chapter covers two relatively secluded areas stationed in the northwestern corner of Horseshoe Canyon. You’ll find short but classy lines in a gorgeous setting at the Titanic Boulder, and the typical Horseshoe Canyon chickenhead-bashing at Doomsday. In previous publications this sector also included the Prophecy Wall and Ren and Stimpy. These two areas are now described in the preceeding sub-chapter because of new development that has connected them to the Westside. Conditions: Both of these areas face east and get great morning sun; however, the routes on the west side of the Titanic boulder are shaded in the morning. Park: The Northwest Crags are best accessed from the campground. Park anywhere in the campground and locate the shower house and the pavilion. Both approaches use one of these two landmarks as their starting point.

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