Lower Kern Canyon

The Mouth

Parking GPS coordinates: 35.440188, -118.794621

Directions to Boulders: From the parking, walk East (into the canyon) along the side of the road; be careful! The road here is narrow, and cars come flying through here. After passing two sections where the shoulder nearly disappears and a deep, mine-like hole in the right side, cross the road (again, be careful!) and drop off the side, walking down the talus scree towards the river. Here, you will find the boulders.

This will be the first boulder you come to when you leave the road and head down the scree towards the river. Look for the large tree.

1. v5

Start on a good, left-facing sidepull. Bust out to the lip and traverse left until you can d a lie-down mantle into the leaf covered groove.

1. Project

This thing is beautiful, big, and scary. It looks as though there could be various potential starts af varying difficulty. 

To get to the next cluster of boulders, head upstream until you get to 4 rocks closely situated on a sandy landing.

1. v3

Start low on a good jug. Move up and left on a fun variety of slopers and crimps, continuing around the corder until you can top out.

1. Project

Stand start with your left hand between the two boulders, almost touching. Slab-master your way up the slick rock with difficulty.

To get to these two lines, squeeze between the two rocks shown in the picture above.

1. v5

Start on an edge with bad feet. Make a hard move to a good hold on the arete, and keep it together for the high top out.

2. v7

Start left and down a bit from the previous line on two small crimps and even worse feet. A move right and a match joins the stand start.

Bachelor Gully

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Temple of Thieves 

Parking GPS coordinates: 35.450526, -118.782257

Directions to Boulders: From the parking lot, find your way across the river, trending upstream. You'll come across the Lucid Boulder first. The Temple and Sentience boulders are farther upstream on the side of the river opposite the road.

Lucid Boulder

1. Lucid v6
A fun one-move wonder! Start with you left on a bad pinch in the seam just above the first step and your right on a high crimp above the lip. Pull on and make a hard move to a good rail over the lip and top out.

2. v3
Start with a good jug at about head height. Make some big pulls between good holds and top out.

1. Sentient v7

Start low with your left on a crimp under the face and your right on a polished edge just around the arete. Bust a big move to the lip an pull right and over. Boom!

2. A.I. v7

Start the same as the previous problem. Move left to the arete, and work this up and over the top.

Hawk Flat

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Lost Sector

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The Witch King

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The Aging Boulders

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