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Colorado National Monument offers awesome sandstone rock climbing for all ability levels.

Cochise Stronghold in Arizona is a spectacular landscape of rugged canyons and towering granite domes. While there is something for everyone in this vast area, those seeking traditional, multi pitch climbing will have a special appreciation for climbing in the Dragoon Mountains. Still, Cochise offers more sport climbing than its reputation, or any current guide, suggests (though not enough to put it in the category of a sport climbing destination).

Clear Creek Canyon is aptly situated along Clear Creek, just west of Golden. The canyon is most well known for its accesible wealth of sport climbs, with some trad climbs interspersed.

City of Rocks is a mecca of climbing, just over the Utah/Idaho border in rural Idaho. Even if you don’t rock climb, City of Rocks is a great destination for anyone who loves camping and hiking.

Granite Peak is the highest peak in Montana and stands guard in the beautiful Beartooth mountains.

Grand Teton is the highest mountain in Grand Teton National Park in Northwest Wyoming, and a classic destination in American mountaineering.

Glacier Peak or Dakobed is the most isolated of the five major stratovolcanoes in the Cascades of Washington State. This is a great retro design.

Mt. Stuart in Washington is the second highest non-volcano in the Cascade Range and an amazing climb!

Mount Shuksan is a beautiful glaciated mountain in the North Cascades National Park in Washington State, and an amazing climb.

Mt. Shasta is one of the largest stratovolcanoes in the world and is part of the Cascade Range stretching from northern California to British Columbia. It's a bucket list climb!

Mount Robson is the most prominent mountain in North America's Rocky Mountain range and the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. And one heck of a climb!

Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the Seattle and Washington landscape. An active volcano, Mt. Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S.A. and is on every climbers bucket list.

Mount Meeker in Colorado rests .75 mile southeast of Longs Peak, and is the second highest peak in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Meeker has long west, south and east ridges that extend out from its tiny, exposed, pinpoint summit.

Mount Meeker in Colorado rests .75 mile southeast of Longs Peak, and is the second highest peak in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Meeker has long west, south and east ridges that extend out from its tiny, exposed, pinpoint summit.

Mount Meeker in Colorado rests .75 mile southeast of Longs Peak, and is the second highest peak in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Meeker has long west, south and east ridges that extend out from its tiny, exposed, pinpoint summit.

Mount Meeker in Colorado rests .75 mile southeast of Longs Peak, and is the second highest peak in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Meeker has long west, south and east ridges that extend out from its tiny, exposed, pinpoint summit.

Mount Meeker in Colorado rests .75 mile southeast of Longs Peak, and is the second highest peak in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Meeker has long west, south and east ridges that extend out from its tiny, exposed, pinpoint summit.

As a rock climber you have climbing friends and you wouldn't dare let them climb chossy rock.

Ceuse is often described as the best sport climbing crag in France, and some would even go as far to say as the best sport crag in the world! The climbing at Ceuse is all about long single pitch sport routes on stunning blue and grey limestone rock.

City of Rocks is a mecca of climbing, just over the Utah/Idaho border in rural Idaho. Even if you don’t rock climb, City of Rocks is a great destination for anyone who loves camping and hiking.

The Verdon or Gorges du Verdon, with its limestone cliffs towering over turquoise water between the Var and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, is more than just a UNESCO-listed site. It is also a climbing hotspot

Tahquitz Rock, also called Lily Rock, is the larger of the two crags above the town of Idyllwild in California and offers primarily traditional climbing from one to seven pitches in length

Whitehorse Ledge near North Conway in New Hampshire is a huge chunk of granite that is host to a wide variety of climbing styles from face climbs to cracks to of course slabs.

There's three types of outdoor fun, and type 2 is the best. It's worth telling stories afterwards, and it didn't kill you.

Clear Creek Canyon is aptly situated along Clear Creek, just west of Golden. The canyon is most well known for its accesible wealth of sport climbs, with some trad climbs interspersed.

Sand Rock is an excellent destination for climbers at any skill level. Its free-standing pinnacles offer an amazing variety of climbing, ranging from easy toprope jugfests, to crimpy face routes, to fine crack lines.

At 13,167 feet above sea level, Wheeler Peak is the highest mountain in New Mexico and a gorgeous and fun climb!

The Needles are a series of enormous granite spires that rise atop a narrow ridge high over the Kern River in Sequoia National Forest.

Index Washington might just be the best climbing crag in America, period.

Longs Peak is the highest peak in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park and has amazing rock and ice climbing!

Gunnison Colorado has many climbing opportunities from short cragging to some of the longest rock routes in the state, including the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park!

Cochise Stronghold in Arizona is a spectacular landscape of rugged canyons and towering granite domes. While there is something for everyone in this vast area, those seeking traditional, multi pitch climbing will have a special appreciation for climbing in the Dragoon Mountains. Still, Cochise offers more sport climbing than its reputation, or any current guide, suggests (though not enough to put it in the category of a sport climbing destination).

Gannett Peak is the highest peak in Wyoming and sits in the beautiful Wind River range. It's a very challenging climb and a bucket list peak for any mountaineer!

Fremont Peak is the third highest peak in the state of Wyoming, surpassed only by Gannett Peak and Grand Teton, and straddles the boundary between Fremont and Sublette counties in the Wind River Range.

Because if its famous north face, the Eiger in Switzerland is one of the most famous and written about peaks in the world.

Denali, formerly called Mt. McKinley, in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in North America. It's one of the seven summits and a challenging climb.