Tablelands Climbing

This digital Tablelands 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 Tablelands days smoother, safer, and more dialed.

Roughly 800,000 years ago a devastating volcano erupted east of Mammoth Lakes spewing ash as far east as Nebraska and spilling molten ash south down the Owen’s Valley towards Bishop. The ash reformed as rock, blessing us with the characteristic welded tuff of the Tablelands.

The rock is variable quality, at times immaculate hardened patina, and other times nothing more than compact ash. But the movement is excellent and varied, the problems are numerous and close together, and the sun shines 300 days of the year.

The Tablelands are ecologically fragile, please stay on trai... Show more

This digital Tablelands 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 Tablelands days smoother, safer, and more dialed. Roughly 800,000 years ago a devastating volcano erupted east of Mammoth Lakes spewing ash as far east as Nebraska and spilling molten ash south down the Owen’s Valley towards Bishop. The ash reformed as rock, blessing us with the characteristic welded tuff of the Tablelands. The rock is variable quality, at times immaculate hardened patina, and other times nothing more than compact ash. But the movement is excellent and varied, the problems are numerous and close together, and the sun shines 300 days of the year. The Tablelands are ecologically fragile, please stay on trail and keep your animals in control. The Tablelands are also home to extensive cultural sites left by the original inhabitants of this valley - the Nuumu (Paiute) and Newe (Shoshone) people. The Bishop Paiute Tribe continues the lineage of the valley’s original inhabitants. Respect archeological sites. Don’t touch or climb on petroglyphs and leave in place any artifacts you may come across. From downtown Bishop, head north on 395 merging right on US-6 at Vons. Continue on 6 for 1.5 miles to 5 Bridges Rd. Turn left and follow 5 Bridges for 2.5 miles to a left turn onto the dirt Chalk Bluff Rd. Sad's (1.4mi) and Happy's (2.25mi) lower parking areas are along this road.